Photogrammetry and laser scanning for analyzing slope stability and rock fall runout along the Domodossola-Iselle railway, the Italian Alps

Geomorphology

Volumn 185, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-122

  Salvini, R ^a   Francioni, M ^a   Riccucci, S ^a   Bonciani, F ^a   Callegari, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laser scanning; Photogrammetry; Rocky slope; Runout; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GEOLOGICAL HAZARD; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; KINETIC ENERGY; LASER METHOD; OUTCROP; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; ROCKFALL; SLOPE STABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALPS; ITALY;

EID: 84873273598     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.12.020     Document Type: Article

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