Monitoring rapid head scarp movement in an alpine rockslide

Engineering Geology

Volumn 115, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 49-57

  Nishii, R ^a   Matsuoka, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gravitational deformation; Monitoring; Rockslide; Seasonal frost; Surface movement; Tension cracks

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL DEFORMATION; ROCKSLIDE; SEASONAL FROSTS; SURFACE MOVEMENT; TENSION CRACKS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CRACKS; DEFORMATION; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SEEPAGE; SNOW; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL MECHANICS; VELOCITY;

SLOPE STABILITY;

BEDROCK; DEFORMATION; FROST; INFILTRATION; MONITORING; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCK MECHANICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLOPE STABILITY; TENSION;

ALPS;

EID: 77955770015     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.06.014     Document Type: Article

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