Articles | Volume 14, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1269-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-14-1269-2014
Research article
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23 May 2014
Research article |  | 23 May 2014

Real-scale investigation of the kinematic response of a rockfall protection embankment

S. Lambert, A. Heymann, P. Gotteland, and F. Nicot

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