Terrestrial laser scanning for rockfall stability analysis in the cultural heritage site of Pitigliano (Italy)

Landslides

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 409-420

  Fanti, Riccardo ^a   Gigli, Giovanni ^a   Lombardi, Luca ^a   Tapete, Deodato ^a   Canuti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Discontinuity extraction; Hazard assessment; Kinematic analysis; Pitigliano (Italy); Rockfall; Terrestrial laser scanning

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; KINEMATIC ANALYSIS; PITIGLIANO (ITALY); ROCKFALLS; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING;

GEOMECHANICS; ROCK BURSTS; ROCK MECHANICS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SURVEYS;

STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

CLIFF; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DISCONTINUITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; ROCK; ROCK MASS CLASSIFICATION; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; ROCKFALL; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SURVEYING;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 84883824586     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-012-0329-5     Document Type: Article

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