Instability and geotechnical problems of the Buddha niches and surrounding cliff in Bamiyan Valley, central Afghanistan

Landslides

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-51

  Margottini, Claudio ^a  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Bamiyan; Buddha statues; Consolidation; Explosion; Rock fall

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; EXPLOSIONS; ROCK BURSTS;

AFGHANISTAN; BAMIYAN; BUDDHA STATUES; DATA INTERPRETATION; GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS; GEOTECHNICAL PROBLEMS; ROCKFALLS; SLOPE INSTABILITY;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 33845331873     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-003-0010-0     Document Type: Article

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