Large landslides in Ticino, Southern Switzerland: Geometry and kinematics

Engineering Geology

Volumn 83, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 109-119

  Seno, S ^a,b   Thuring M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS OF SOUTHERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Landslides; Natural hazards; Switzerland; Ticino

Indexed keywords

CREEP; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOMETRY; HAZARDS; KINEMATICS;

EXPLORATION SURVEYS; NATURAL HAZARDS; SWITZERLAND;

LANDSLIDES;

GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; LANDSLIDE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; TICINO;

EID: 32844475711     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2005.06.027     Document Type: Article

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