Rockfall monitoring by Terrestrial Laser Scanning - Case study of the basaltic rock face at Castellfollit de la Roca (Catalonia, Spain)

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 829-841

  Abellan A ^a   Vilaplana, J M ^a   Calvet, J ^a   Garcia Selles D ^a   Asensio, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DETACHMENT FAULT; DISPLACEMENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; ROCKFALL; URBAN AREA;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 79952803126     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-11-829-2011     Document Type: Article

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