Cultural heritage and geological hazards: The case of the Calomini hermitage in Tuscany (Italy)

Landslides

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 331-340

  D'Amato Avanzi, Giacomo ^a   Marchetti, Daria ^a   Puccinelli, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultural heritage; Italy; Landslide hazard; Rock mechanics; Tuscany

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845327146     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-006-0061-0     Document Type: Article

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