Application of a long-range Terrestrial Laser Scanner to a detailed rockfall study at Vall de Núria (Eastern Pyrenees, Spain)

Engineering Geology

Volumn 88, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 136-148

  Abellan A ^a   Vilaplana, J M ^a   Martinez J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Universitat de Barcelona ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

3D geometry modelling; DEM; Eastern Pyrenees; Rock slope; Rockfall; Terrestrial Laser Scanner

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCANNING; SLOPE STABILITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ROCKFALL; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNER;

ROCK MECHANICS;

DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOMETRY; LASER; ROCKFALL; SCANNER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33845229681     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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