Progressive failure of sheeted rock slopes: The 2009-2010 Rhombus Wall rock falls in Yosemite Valley, California, USA

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 546-561

  Stock, Greg M ^a   Martel, Stephen J ^b   Collins, Brian D ^c   Harp, Edwin L ^d  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack propagation; Progressive failure; Rock fall; Sheeting joints; Yosemite National Park

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CALIFORNIA , USA; FAILURE SURFACE; HIGH RESOLUTION; INITIAL FAILURE; LASER SCANNING DATA; MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; NATURAL ROCKS; PROGRESSIVE FAILURE; PUBLIC DOMAINS; ROCK FALL; ROCK SLABS; ROCK SLOPE; ROCKFALLS; STRESS REDISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL PATTERN; US GOVERNMENT; VISUAL MONITORING; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK;

CRACK PROPAGATION; ROCK BURSTS; ROCKS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

LANDFORMS;

CLIFF; CRACK PROPAGATION; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE FAILURE; TENSILE STRESS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK; YOSEMITE VALLEY;

EID: 84859422829     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3192     Document Type: Article

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