Rockfall hazard assessment along a road in the Sorrento Peninsula, Campania, southern Italy

Natural Hazards

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 187-201

  Palma, B ^a   Parise, M ^b   Reichenbach, P ^b   Guzzetti, F ^b  

^a Idrogeo srl   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hazard; Italy; Modelling; Rockfall; Sorrento Peninsula

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCKFALL; URBAN AREA;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SORRENTO PENINSULA;

EID: 84856394340     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9899-0     Document Type: Article

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