Seismic monitoring of rockfalls, slide quakes, and fissure development at the Super-Sauze mudslide, French Alps

Engineering Geology

Volumn 128, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-22

  Walter, M ^a   Arnhardt, C ^b   Joswig, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fissure development; Rockfalls; Seismic monitoring; Slide quakes; Slope dynamics

Indexed keywords

FISSURE DEVELOPMENT; FRACTURE PROCESS; FRENCH ALPS; IN-SITU; MAGNITUDE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; MATERIAL FAILURES; ROCKFALLS; SEISMIC EVENT; SEISMIC MONITORING; SEISMIC SIGNALS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; SLIDE QUAKES; SOURCE AREA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKES; ROCK BURSTS;

MONITORING;

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; FISSURE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MONITORING SYSTEM; ROCKFALL; SEISMIC METHOD; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALPS; FRANCE;

EID: 84857453353     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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