Coastal retreat is a non-recoverable phenomenon that—together with a relevant proneness
to landslides—has economic, social and environmental impacts. Quantitative data on …

Background The current availability of advanced remote sensing technologies in the field of
landslide analysis allows for rapid and easily updatable data acquisitions, improving the …

Landslide susceptibility maps (LSM) are commonly used by local authorities for land use
management and planning activities, representing a valuable tool used to support decision …

Rockburst is a nonlinear dynamic phenomenon that rock mass releases large amount of
energy instantaneously along the unloading face of excavation. 1 Because of the …

A research study aimed at the extending the means of estimating ISRM (International
Society for Rock Mechanics) geomechanical parameters through non-contact …

The study of strain effects in thermally-forced rock masses has gathered growing interest
from engineering geology researchers in the last decade. In this framework, digital …

Discontinuities, such as joints and beddings, usually play a significant role in the seismic
response and corresponding failure process of slopes, especially for anti-dip rock slide …

InfraRed Thermography has been tested herein for the study of the fracturing condition of
intensely jointed rock masses, in order to find out what kind of information can be assessed …

The rock-cut city of Vardzia is an example of the extraordinary rupestrian cultural heritage of
Georgia. The site, Byzantine in age, was carved in the steep tuff slopes of the Erusheti …

In this paper, the potential of Infrared Thermography (IRT) as a novel operational tool for
landslide surveying, map** and characterization was tested and demonstrated in different …