The new Col di Tenda tunnel between Italy and France: Integrated geological investigations and geophysical prospections for preliminary studies on the Italian side

Engineering Geology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 90-109

  Cavinato, G P ^a   Di Luzio, E ^a   Moscatelli, M ^a   Vallone, R ^a   Averardi, M ^b   Valente, A ^b   Papale, S ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ANAS Direzione Centrale Progettazione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Col di Tenda; France; Geophysical investigations; Italy; Structural geology; Tunnelling

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); TUNNELS;

GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ROCK FRACTURE; SURFACE GEOLOGY;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING;

CLAYSTONE; EVAPORITE; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; NORMAL FAULT; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TUNNEL; TUNNELING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750852498     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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