A morphologic characterisation of the 1963 Vajont Slide, Italy, using long-range terrestrial photogrammetry

Geomorphology

Volumn 206, Issue , 2014, Pages 147-164

  Wolter, Andrea ^a   Stead, Doug ^a   Clague, John J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Failure scar; Morphology; Photogrammetry; Roughness; Structural controls; Vajont Slide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895007173     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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