RockFall analyst: A GIS extension for three-dimensional and spatially distributed rockfall hazard modeling

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 262-279

  Lan, Hengxing ^a   Derek Martin, C ^a   Lim, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D rockfall process; Distributed modeling; GIS extension; RockFall analyst

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KINETIC ENERGY; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DISTRIBUTED MODELING; GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION; GEOSTATISTICS; ROCKFALL ANALYST; ROCKFALL HAZARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL ROCKFALL PROCESS;

ROCKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KINETIC ENERGY; ROCKS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARC-INFO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; POLYGON; RASTER; ROCKFALL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33845564015     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2006.05.013     Document Type: Article

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