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Streaks on martian slopes are dry. [PDF]

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Bickel VT, Valantinas A.
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Rockfalls

2023
Abstract A major feature of the magnitude 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake of 12 May 2008 in China was the rockfalls that obliterated many kilometres of main roads, damaged power plants and destroyed transmission lines. The rockfalls would have made access to many dams impossible for long periods of time.
Jonathan Hinks, John M Reynolds
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Rockfalls and Their Hazard

2010
Rockfalls are a type of fast mass movement common in mountain areas worldwide triggered. Natural triggers of rockfalls comprise earthquakes (Harp and Wilson 1995; Marzorati et al. 2002), freeze-thaw cycles of water (Gardner 1983; Matsuoka and Sakai 1999), melting of snow (Wieczorek and Jager 1996) or permafrost (Gruber et al. 2004), temperature changes
Guzzetti F, Reichenbach P
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Rockfall Engineering

2013
Table of content : Chapter 1. Geophysical detection and structural characterization of discontinuities in rock slopes. Chapter 2. Remote sensing and monitoring techniques for rock mass characterization. and change detection. Chapter 3. Mechanical stability analyses of fractured rock slopes. Chapter 4.
Lambert, Stéphane, Nicot, François
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