Rock slope stability analysis utilizing ground-based LIDAR and digital image processing

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Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Kemeny, John ^a   Norton, Brian ^b   Turner, Keith ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Split Engineering LLC   (United States)

^c Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL IMAGE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIDAR; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 33745606708     PISSN: 01746979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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