Assessment of rockfall hazard around Afyon Castle, Turkey

Environmental Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 191-200

  Topal, Tamer ^a   Akin, Muge ^a   Ozden, Utku Ahmet ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF MINERAL RESEARCH AND EXPLORATION   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Afyon Castle; Andesite; Risk; Rockfall; Zonation map

Indexed keywords

KINETIC ENERGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCK MECHANICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AFYON CASTLE; ANDESITE; ROCKFALL; ZONATION MAP;

ROCK BURSTS;

ANDESITE; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; HILLSLOPE; JOINT; KINETIC ENERGY; MONUMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCKFALL; TOURIST DESTINATION;

AFYON; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 34547775215     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-006-0633-2     Document Type: Article

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