Identification of active release planes using ground-based differential InSAR at the Randa rock slope instability, Switzerland

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2027-2038

  Gischig, V ^a   Loew, S ^a   Kos, A ^a   Moore, J R ^a   Raetzo, H ^b   Lemy, F ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Bundesamt fur Umweltschutz   (Switzerland)

^c Federal Agency for Nuclear Control FANC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; ESTIMATION METHOD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; INTERFEROMETRY; KINEMATICS; LIDAR; MAPPING METHOD; RUPTURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 76649140064     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-2027-2009     Document Type: Article

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