Seismic noise-based methods for soft-rock landslide characterization

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-148

  Méric, Ombeline ^a,b   Garambois, Stéphane ^a,d   Malet, Jean Philippe ^c   Cadet, Héloïse ^d,e   Guéguen, Philippe ^d   Jongmans, Denis ^a,d  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b Société Alpine de Géotechnique SAGE   (France)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e Centre d'Etude Technique de l'Equipement (CETE)   (France)

Author keywords

3D geometry; In situ characterization; Seismic noise; Soft rock landslide

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; LANDSLIDE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC NOISE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SOFT ROCK; SURFACE WAVE; WAVE VELOCITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249079446     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.178.2.137     Document Type: Article

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