Examples of multiple rock-slope collapses from Köfels (Ötz valley, Austria) and western Norway

Engineering Geology

Volumn 83, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 94-108

  Hermanns, R L ^a,d   Blikra, L H ^a   Naumann, M ^a   Nilsen, B ^c   Panthi, K K ^c   Stromeyer, D ^a   Longva, O ^b  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Landslides; Numerical stability modelling; Recurrence; Rock avalanche

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; ROCKS; SLOPE STABILITY; TSUNAMIS;

RECURRENCE; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCK-SLOPE FAILURES;

LANDSLIDES;

ROCKFALL; SLOPE STABILITY;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 32644481762     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.06.026     Document Type: Article

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