Forecasting hazard scenarios and implications for the evaluation of countermeasure efficiency for large debris avalanches

Engineering Geology

Volumn 83, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 236-253

  Crosta, Giovanni Battista ^a   Chen, H ^b   Frattini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calibration; Countermeasures; Debris avalanche; Forecast; Hazard assessment; Italian Prealps; Mobility analysis

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; SLOPE STABILITY;

COUNTERMEASURE EFFICIENCY; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MOBILITY ANALYSIS;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

DEBRIS FLOW; HAZARD ASSESSMENT;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; PREALPS;

EID: 32644472620     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.06.039     Document Type: Article

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