High-resolution three-dimensional imaging and analysis of rock falls in Yosemite valley, California

Geosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 573-581

  Stock, Greg M ^a   Bawden, Gerald W ^b   Green, Jimmy K ^c   Hanson, Eric ^d   Downing, Greg ^d   Collins, Brian D ^e   Bond, Sandra ^b   Leslar, Michael ^f,g  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Optech International   (United States)

^d xRez Studio   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f Optech Incorporated   (Canada)

^g YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LASER METHOD; ROCKFALL; STRESS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE VALLEY;

EID: 80054724546     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00617.1     Document Type: Article

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