Energy dissipation of rockfalls by coppice structures

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 993-1001

  Ciabocco, G ^a   Boccia, L ^b   Ripa, M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; COPPICE; ENERGY DISSIPATION; IMPACT; KINETIC ENERGY; MODELING; ROCKFALL;

EID: 77949507490     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-993-2009     Document Type: Article

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