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PRE-FAILURE BEHAVIOUR OF AN UNSTABLE LIMESTONE CLIFF FROM DISPLACEMENT AND SEISMIC DATA (2010)

We monitored the displacement and seismic activity of an unstable vertical rock slice in a natural limestone cliff of the southeast Vercors massif, southeast France, during the months preceding its collapse. Displacement measurements showed an average acceleration of the movement of its top, with clear increases in the displacement velocity and in the discrete seismic event production rate during periods where temperature falls, with more activity when rainfall or frost occurs. Crises of discrete seismic events produce high amplitudes in periodograms, but do not change the high frequency base noise level rate.
Reference:
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 10, 819–829, 2010
Organization:
LGIT, Universite de Savoie, CNRS, UMR5559, Le Bourget-du-Lac, France
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