Remediation and mitigation strategies for rock fall hazards along the highways of Fayfa Mountain, Jazan Region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Arabian Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2633-2651

  Maerz, Norbert H ^a   Youssef, Ahmed M ^b,d   Pradhan, Biswajeet ^c   Bulkhi, Ali ^d  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^b Sohag University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d SAUDI GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fayfa Mountain; Hazards; KSA; Mitigation; Rating; Remediation; Rockfall

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939878627     PISSN: 18667511     EISSN: 18667538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12517-014-1423-x     Document Type: Article

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