caa a22 4500 605454833 CHVBK 20210128100209.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10064-014-0623-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10064-014-0623-7 Kinematic rockfall hazard assessment along a transportation corridor in the Upper Alaknanda valley, Garhwal Himalaya, India [Elektronische Daten] [Vikram Gupta, Ruchika Tandon] The transportation route between Chamoli and Badrinath in Uttarakhand is mainly a pilgrimage route to the famous Badrinath temple, at an elevation of ~3,100m asl. It is estimated that some two to three million vehicles use this road annually, particularly between May and October. The Lesser and Higher Himalayan rocks exposed at 23 localities along the transportation corridor contain numerous joints. In view of their orientation, blocks of rock of varying sizes are susceptible to falling, endangering the vehicular traffic and the numerous village settlements along the route. In this study, kinematic rockfall hazard analysis was carried out for all the 23 localities where in situ rocks are observed. The results of the analyses were evaluated and the areas classified as of low, moderate, or high hazard. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Kinematic rockfall hazard nationallicence Alaknanda valley nationallicence Garhwal Himalaya nationallicence India nationallicence Gupta Vikram Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33 General Mahadeo Singh Road, 248 001, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India aut Tandon Ruchika National Geotechnical Facility, 11-C, Circular Road, 248 001, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India aut Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment Springer Berlin Heidelberg 74/2(2015-05-01), 315-326 1435-9529 74:2<315 2015 74 10064 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-014-0623-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-014-0623-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gupta Vikram Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33 General Mahadeo Singh Road, 248 001, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tandon Ruchika National Geotechnical Facility, 11-C, Circular Road, 248 001, Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment Springer Berlin Heidelberg 74/2(2015-05-01), 315-326 1435-9529 74:2<315 2015 74 10064