Method for automated discontinuity analysis of rock slopes with three-dimensional laser scanning

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1913, 2005, Pages 187-194

  Slob, Siefko ^a   Van Knapen, Bart ^b   Hack, Robert ^a   Turner, Keith ^c   Kemeny, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HAZARDS; INTERPOLATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; ROCKS; SCANNING; SURVEYING;

AUTOMATED DISCONTINUITY ANALYSIS; LASER SCANNING; ROCK SLOPES;

SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 33644541117     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1913-18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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