Engineering geology and future stability of the El Risco landslide, NW-Gran Canaria, Spain

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-172

  Longpré, Marc Antoine ^a   del Potro, Rodrigo ^b   Troll, Valentin R ^a   Nicoll, Graeme R ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basaltic lavas; Landslide; Peak ground acceleration; Road infra structures; Slope stability analyses

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; PAVEMENTS; ROADS AND STREETS; TOPOGRAPHY;

BASALTIC LAVAS; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION;

SLOPE STABILITY;

ACCELERATION; BASALT; CREEP; LANDSLIDE; LAVA; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAN CANARIA; LAS PALMAS; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 43049174602     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-007-0119-9     Document Type: Article

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