The integration of terrestrial laser scanning and numerical modelling in landslide investigations

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-247

  Dunning, S A ^a   Rosser, N J ^b   Massey, C I ^c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTIONAL PROFILES; FUTURE MODELS; HIMALAYAS; MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODELLING; SLOPE GEOMETRY; STRUCTURAL DATA; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; LASER APPLICATIONS; SEEBECK EFFECT; SLOPE PROTECTION; SLOPE STABILITY; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

BEDROCK; LANDSLIDE; LASER METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 77955985699     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/08-069     Document Type: Article

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