DIPANALYST: A computer program for quantitative kinematic analysis of rock slope failures

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 196-202

  Admassu, Yonathan ^a   Shakoor, Abdul ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DIPANALYST; Kinematic analysis; Rock slopes; Slope stability; Stereonets

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SOFTWARES; CLUSTER SETS; DATA CLUSTERS; DIPANALYST; FAILURE INDEX; FRICTION ANGLES; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE APPROACH; QUANTITATIVE KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; ROCK SLOPE; ROCK SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE ANGLES; STEREONETS;

GEOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

AZIMUTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FAILURE MECHANISM; KINEMATICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROCK AVALANCHE; SLOPE ANGLE; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84874779370     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.11.018     Document Type: Article

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