Introduction Evaluating the condition of transportation infrastructure is an expensive, labor
intensive, and time consuming process. Many traditional road evaluation methods utilize …

Field investigations of geometric discontinuity properties in rock masses are increasingly
using three-dimensional point cloud data. These point clouds sample the rock mass surface …

This manuscript presents a review on the application of a remote sensing technique
(terrestrial laser scanning, TLS) to a well‐known topic (rock slope characterization and …

Rockfall is one of the main phenomena in mountainous environments due to its fast and
high speed of movement, its unpredictability, and, therefore, the difficulty of identifying signs …

Various private and public infrastructure projects routinely involve the map** of geological
structure to determine potential instabilities, assess hazards, and calculate support …

This book provides a general survey of Geocryology, which is the study of frozen ground
called permafrost. Frozen ground is the product of cold climates as well as a variety of …

A new automatic method for discontinuity traces map** and sampling on a rock mass
digital model is described in this work. The implemented procedure allows one to …

Rockfalls strongly influence the evolution of steep rocky landscapes and represent a
significant hazard in mountainous areas. Defining the most probable future rockfall source …

We present a long-term spatio-temporal analysis of rock slope evolution using a Terrestrial
LiDAR aiming to improve our understanding of the link between pre-failure deformation and …

The primary objective of this paper is to present a semiautomatic procedure that, integrated
with traditional methods, can be useful for a rapid definition of rock fall susceptibility …