Infrasound produced by debris flow: Propagation and frequency content evolution

Natural Hazards

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1713-1733

  Kogelnig, Arnold ^a   Hübl, Johannes ^a   Suriñach, Emma ^b   Vilajosana, Ignasi ^b   McArdell, Brian W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Debris flow; Frequency characteristic; Infrasound monitoring; Seismic monitoring

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; FAULT ZONE; INFRASONICS; MONITORING SYSTEM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; EASTERN ALPS; ILLGRABEN; LATTENBACH; NORTHERN CALCAREOUS ALPS; SWITZERLAND; TYROL; VALAIS;

EID: 84893021323     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9741-8     Document Type: Article

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