Influence of major inherited faults zones on gravitational slope deformation: A two-dimensional physical modelling of the La Clapière area (Southern French Alps)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 709-719

  Bois, T ^a   Bouissou, S ^a   Guglielmi, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

deep seated failure; Deep Seated Gravitational Deformation; La Clapi re; landslide; listric faults; physical modelling; sackung; sackungen; structural heterogeneities; thrust fault

Indexed keywords

ELSEVIER (CO); FAILURE PROCESSES; FAULT GEOMETRY; FRENCH ALPS; GRAVITATIONAL DEFORMATION; HOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS; IN-FIELD; LISTRIC FAULTS; ROCK SLOPE STABILITY; SIMILARITY CRITERION; SLOPE DEFORMATIONS; THRUST FAULTING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D);

DEFORMATION; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GEOMETRY; LANTHANUM; SLOPE PROTECTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SLOPE STABILITY;

DEFORMATION; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT ZONE; LANDSLIDE; LISTRIC FAULT; SLOPE STABILITY; THRUST FAULT;

ALPES MARITIMES; ALPS; ARGENTERA MASSIF; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; LA CLAPIERE; MARITIME ALPS; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN ALPS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 48149107348     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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