Surface displacements of two landslides evaluated by GPS and inclinometer systems: A case study in Southern Apennines, Italy

Natural Hazards

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 257-266

  Calcaterra, Stefano ^a   Cesi, Claudio ^a   Di Maio, Caterina ^b   Gambino, Piera ^a   Merli, Katia ^a   Vallario, Margherita ^b   Vassallo, Roberto ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Displacements; GPS; Inclinometer probe; Landslide; Varicoloured Clays

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; DATA ACQUISITION; DISPLACEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GPS; LANDSLIDE; PORE PRESSURE; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; SLOPE;

APENNINES; ITALY;

EID: 84856378336     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9633-3     Document Type: Article

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