Quantitative assessment of diffuse rock fall hazard along a cliff foot

Many works have shown that the relation between rock fall frequency and volume is well fitted by a power law. Based on this relation, a new method is presented which allows estimating the fall frequency and probability for a wall section in a homogenous cliff, considering all possible rock fall volu...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: D. Hantz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-05-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1303/2011/nhess-11-1303-2011.pdf