On the potential of Ground Penetrating Radar to help rock fall hazard assessment: A case study of a limestone slab, Gorges de la Bourne (French Alps)

Engineering Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 89-102

  Deparis, Jacques ^a   Garambois, Stéphane ^a   Hantz, Didier ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

3D geometry; Common mid point; Fractures; Ground Penetrating Radar; Hazard assessment; Rock fall; Stability

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; HAZARDS; LIMESTONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COMMON MID-POINT ANALYSIS; OVERHANGING ROCK MASS; ROCK FALL;

ROCK MECHANICS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS; GEOMETRY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LIMESTONE; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; ROCK MECHANICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34648828369     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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