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Rockfall hazard assessment along a road on the Peloritani Mountains (northeastern Sicily, Italy)
G. Pappalardo
Università degli Studi di Catania, Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche Geologiche e Ambientali, Catania, Italy
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra dell'Ambiente e delle Risorse, Naples, Italy
F. Rapisarda
Via Timone Zaccanazzo 4, Acireale, Catania, Italy
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