The Palliser Rockslide, Canadian Rocky Mountains: Characterization and modeling of a stepped failure surface

Geomorphology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 145-161

  Sturzenegger, M ^a   Stead, D ^b  

^a KLOHN CRIPPEN BERGER LTD   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Failure volume; Intact rock bridges; Numerical modeling; Palliser Rockslide; Step path; Terrestrial digital photogrammetry

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; FAILURE MECHANISM; FRACTURE; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MECHANICS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; STEPPE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOPOGRAPHY;

CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 82855175154     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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