Development, justification, and verification of a rock fall hazard rating system

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 171-186

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

^a Sohag University   (Egypt)

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

Author keywords

Consequence; Hazard; Rating; Risk; Rock fall

Indexed keywords

CONSEQUENCE; DIGITAL IMAGE; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FAILURE FACTORS; FIELD DATA; GPS RECEIVERS; HAZARD RATING; MISSOURIS; RATING SYSTEM; RISK OF FAILURE; ROCK CUT; ROCK FALL; ROCKFALLS; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; VIDEO IMAGE;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HAZARDS; RATING; REMEDIATION; RISKS; ROCK BURSTS;

ROCKS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA PROCESSING; DIGITAL IMAGE; GIS; GPS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; REMEDIATION; ROCKFALL; SLOPE FAILURE;

MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856234100     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-010-0339-2     Document Type: Article

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