Rock slopes failure susceptibility analysis: From remote sensing measurements to geographic information system raster modules

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 489-494

  Andrea, Filipello ^a   Andrea, Giuliani ^b   Giuseppe, Mandrone ^b  

^a Verbano Cusio Ossola Province   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Landslide susceptibility; Natural hazard; Open source; Rock mass characterization; Rockfall

Indexed keywords

GIS; LANDSLIDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NATURAL HAZARD; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; ROCKFALL; SLIDING; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILIZATION; TOPPLING;

ITALY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79960220989     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2010.489.494     Document Type: Article

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