Integrating GIS-based geologic mapping, LiDAR-based lineament analysis and site specific rock slope data to delineate a zone of existing and potential rock slope instability located along the grandfather mountain window-Linville Falls shear zone contact, Southern Appalachian Mountains, Watauga County, North Carolina

43rd U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium and 4th U.S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gillon, K A ^a   Wooten, R M ^a   Latham, R L ^a   Witt, A W ^a   Douglas, T J ^a   Bauer, J B ^a   Fuemmeler, S J ^a  

^a North Carolina Geological Survey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DEBRIS FLOWS; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; GRANITIC GNEISS; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; LANDSLIDE HAZARD; LINEAMENT ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; RIDGE LINES; ROCK SLIDES; ROCK SLOPE; ROCK SLOPE FAILURE; ROCK TYPES; ROCK WEATHERING; SHEAR ZONE; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS;

DEBRIS; FABRICS; FORESTRY; FRACTURE; INFILTRATION; INTEGRATION; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; OPTICAL RADAR; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURVEYING; WINDOWS;

WEATHERING;

EID: 70450209956     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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