A case study on an open hillside landslide impacting on a flexible rockfall barrier at Jordan Valley, Hong Kong

Landslides

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1037-1050

  Kwan, J S H ^a   Chan, S L ^b   Cheuk, J C Y ^c   Koo, R C H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c AECOM Asia Company Limited   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Flexible debris resisting barriers; Flexible rockfall barrier; Jordan Valley; Open hillside landslide

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; LANDFORMS; ROCK BURSTS;

CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLEXIBLE DEBRIS-RESISTING BARRIERS; IMPACT PRESSURES; JORDAN VALLEY; LANDSLIDE DYNAMICS; ROCKFALL BARRIERS; SITE OBSERVATION;

LANDSLIDES;

DEBRIS FLOW; HILL; LANDSLIDE; MOBILITY; ROCKFALL; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

JORDAN VALLEY;

EID: 84911805611     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-013-0461-x     Document Type: Article

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