Towards rockfall forecasting through observing deformations and listening to microseismic emissions

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1119-1131

  Arosio, D ^a   Longoni, L ^a   Papini, M ^a   Scaioni, M ^a   Zanzi, L ^a   Alba, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FORECASTING METHOD; KINEMATICS; REMOTE SENSING; ROCKFALL; SLOPE STABILITY; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

ITALY; LECCO; LOMBARDY;

EID: 77249154802     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-1119-2009     Document Type: Article

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