Combining digital elevation model analysis and run-out modeling to characterize hazard posed by a potentially unstable rock slope at Turtle Mountain, Alberta, Canada

Engineering Geology

Volumn 128, Issue , 2012, Pages 76-94

  Pedrazzini, A ^a   Froese, C R ^b   Jaboyedoff, M ^a   Hungr, O ^c   Humair, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Energy Resources Conservation Board   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

DEM; Failure volume; Kinematic analysis; Rock avalanche; Rockslide; Runout modeling

Indexed keywords

ALBERTA , CANADA; CONTINGENCY PLANS; DATA SETS; DEM; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; FAILURE MECHANISM; HAZARD AREAS; HIGH RESOLUTION; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; MASS MOVEMENT; POTENTIALLY UNSTABLE; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCKSLIDE; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; STRUCTURAL OBSERVATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DYNAMICS; VOLUME ESTIMATIONS;

DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARDS; LANDFORMS; SLOPE STABILITY; SURVEYING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CALIBRATION; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISPLACEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAILURE MECHANISM; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; KINEMATICS; LABORATORY METHOD; MASS MOVEMENT; ROCK AVALANCHE; SLOPE FAILURE; TESTING METHOD;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; TURTLE MOUNTAIN;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 84857452586     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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