Assessment of rockslide and rockfall problems in an active quarry: Case study of the arvel quarry (Western Switzerland)

Rock Mechanics in Civil and Environmental Engineering - Proceedings of the European Rock Mechanics Symposium, EUROCK 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 593-596

  Pedrazzini, A ^a   Oppikofer, T ^a   Jaboyedoff, M ^a   Guell I Pons, M ^a   Chantry, R ^b   Stampfli, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Radiation Oncology Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD ANALYSIS; ROCKFALLS; SWITZERLAND; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNERS; TRIGGERING FACTORS; UNSTABLE ROCK; WATER PRESSURES; WESTERN SWITZERLAND;

FACTOR ANALYSIS; ROCK BURSTS; ROCK MECHANICS; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

QUARRIES;

EID: 77958089482     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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