Topography-based modeling of large rockfalls and application to hazard assessment

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Hergarten, S ^a,b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WEBSITES;

EUROPEAN ALPS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HIMALAYAS; MODELING APPROACH; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NATURAL HAZARD; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; POWER LAW EXPONENT; ROCKFALLS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; STATISTICAL DATAS; UNIVERSAL PROPERTIES;

ROCK BURSTS;

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROCKFALL; STATISTICAL DATA; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALPS; HIMALAYAS;

EID: 84864037490     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052090     Document Type: Article

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