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<p>Rockfall is a dangerous geomorphological process. The prediction of potentially threatened areas requires thorough reconstruction of spatial rockfall activity. Dendrogeomorphic methods allow precise determination of both temporal and spatial occurrences ...
Filed under: Rock Mechanics -  Rock Falls
Reference: Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 1817–1826, 2013 www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/13/1817/2013/ doi:10.5194/nhess-13-1817-2013
 
<p>A geotechnical site investigation is the process of collecting information and evaluating the conditions of the site for the purpose of designing and constructing the foundation for a structure, such as a building, plant or bridge. A geotechnical site investigation ...
Reference: Department of Public Works and Services Government of the Northwest Territories I. Holubec Consulting Inc. January 2010
<p>Exceptional rockfall occurred throughout the Alps during the unusually hot summer of 2003. It is likely related to the fast thermal reaction of the subsurface of steep rock slopes and a corresponding destabilization of ice-filled discontinuities. This suggests ...
Reference: GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 31, L13504, doi:10.1029/2004GL020051, 2004