Study of large-scale deformation induced by gravity on the La Clapière landslide (Saint-Etienne de Tinée, France) using numerical and geophysical approaches

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 206-215

  Tric, E ^a   Lebourg, T ^a   Jomard, H ^a   Le Cossec, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Geophysical investigation; Landslide; Numerical simulation; Resistivity; Slipping surface

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GEOPHYSICS;

GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION; GRAVITATIONAL FORCES; GRAVITATIONAL INSTABILITY; LARGE-SCALE DEFORMATION; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; SLIPPING SURFACES; WATER INFILTRATION;

LANDSLIDES;

DEFORMATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GRAVITY SURVEY; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL METHOD; SIMULATION;

ALPES MARITIMES; FRANCE; LA CLAPIERE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

EID: 77955173697     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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