Assessing fracture occurrence using 'weighted fracturing density': a step towards estimating rock instability hazard
Based on the assumption that major class of rock instabilities are created by discontinuities, a method is proposed to estimate the fracture density by means of a digital elevation model (DEM). By using the mean orientation, the mean spacing and the mean trace length of discontinuity sets potentiall...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2004-01-01
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| Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/4/83/2004/nhess-4-83-2004.pdf |