GPR investigations to evaluate the geometry of rock slides and buckling in a limestone formation in Northern Italy

European Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 271-286

  Pettinelli, E ^a   Beaubien, S ^b   Tommasi, P ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buckles; Ground Penetrating Radar; Limestone; Rockslides; Slope stability; Tension fractures

Indexed keywords

EID: 3643063604     PISSN: 13598155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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