Slope stability hazard assessment and mitigation methodology along Eastern Desert Aswan-Cairo Highway, Egypt

Journal of King Abdulaziz University, Earth Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-181

  Youssef, Ahmed M ^a,b   Maerz, Norbert H ^a,b  

^a Sohag University   (Egypt)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egypt; Highway slopes; Rockfall; Slope hazards; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855237789     PISSN: 10128832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4197/Ear.20-2.8     Document Type: Article

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