Monitoring, geomorphological evolution and slope stability of Inca citadel of Machu Picchu: Results from Italian INTERFRASI project

Landslides - Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 249-257

  Canuti, P ^a   Margottini, Claudio ^b,c   Casagli, N ^a   Delmonaco, G ^b,c   Falconi, L ^b,d   Fanti, R ^a   Ferretti, A ^e   Lollino, G ^f   Puglisi, C ^b   Spizzichino, D ^c,d   Tarchi, D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^d Consorzio Civita ^*  (Italy)

^e Tele Rilevamento Europa   (Italy)

^f CNR   (Italy)

^g JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; GPS; Machu Picchu; Monitoring; Radar; Slope instability

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; DEFORMATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; INFILTRATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LANDSLIDES; MONITORING; RADAR; ROCK BURSTS; ROCKS; SPACE-BASED RADAR;

GEOMORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GROUND BASED RADAR; INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; MACHU PICCHU; MONITORING NETWORK; SLOPE INSTABILITY; STRUCTURAL SETTING; SURFACE DEFORMATION;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 84878787439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-69970-5_14     Document Type: Conference Paper

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