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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Rockfall hazards of Mount Pellegrino area (Sicily, Southern Italy)
Chiara MartinelloRiccardo FerraroEdoardo RotiglianoChiara CappadoniaFabio Cafisosubject
geographyG3180-9980geography.geographical_feature_categorySettore ICAR/07 - Geotecnica010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesland use planning risk Rockfall hazard map runout areaSettore GEO/04 - Geografia Fisica E Geomorfologiarunout areaGeography Planning and Developmentland use planningLand-use planning010502 geochemistry & geophysics01 natural sciencesMountRockfallrockfall hazard mapMapsEarth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Physical geographySettore GEO/05 - Geologia ApplicataGeology0105 earth and related environmental sciencesriskdescription
A map derived by rockfall analysis at Mount Pellegrino is presented herein. The study area is affected by several phenomena of rockfall which caused numerous damage and a strong social and economic impact. Official reports and maps that give a general assessment of rockfall hazard are available in this respect, however, it would be advisable to provide a more specific cartographic support useful for land management and planning. The drafting of new maps showing the rockfall runout areas is an additional tool that may be used in conjunction with the existing maps as a means of risk mitigation and reduction. On the basis of geological, geomorphological, and geomechanical analysis and exploiting the information relating to a landslides inventory obtained by using both analytical and empirical methods, two different rockfall propagation areas were reconstructed. The final thematic map permit to appreciate the differences and similarities between the obtained runout areas.
year | journal | country | edition | language |
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2020-01-01 | Journal of Maps |