Publication Date:
2019
Description:
〈b〉Significance of substrate soil moisture content for rockfall hazard assessment〈/b〉〈br〉
Louise M. Vick, Valerie Zimmer, Christopher White, Chris Massey, and Tim Davies〈br〉
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. Discuss., https//doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2019-11,2019〈br〉
〈b〉Manuscript under review for NHESS〈/b〉 (discussion: open, 0 comments)〈br〉
Rockfall boulders can travel long distances down slope and it is important to predict how far to prevent fatalities. A comparison of earthquake data from New Zealand during summer and full-scale rockfall experiments in the same soil during winter shows that during dry seasons boulders travel further downslope because the soil is harder. When using predictive tools, engineers and geologists should take soil conditions (and seasonal variations thereof) in to account.
Print ISSN:
1561-8633
Electronic ISSN:
1684-9981
Topics:
Geography
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Geosciences
