Mountain slope deformations along thrust fronts in jointed limestone: An equivalent continuum modelling approach

Geomorphology

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 55-72

  Esposito, Carlo ^a   Martino, Salvatore ^a   Mugnozza, Gabriele Scarascia ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CERI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Equivalent continuum approach; Gravity induced slope deformations; Italian Apennines; Jointed rock masses; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; LIMESTONE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; SLOPE STABILITY; THRUST;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547631257     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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