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The paper focuses on the description of a landslide event occurred along the Gran Sasso d’Italia Massif (Central Apennines, Italy) and on the interpretation of the possible causes that determined some unusual secondary effects occurred at the base of the slope. The study was carried out by coupling the results of field surveys with the processing of an available seismic record generated by the rockfall. The recorded velocimetric data were processed in order to assess the evolution of the rockfall in terms of number of main impacts and energy dissipation.
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Bianchi-Fasani, G., Esposito, C., Lenti, L., Martino, S., Pecci, M., Scarascia-Mugnozza, G. (2013). Seismic Analysis of the Gran Sasso Catastrophic Rockfall (Central Italy). In: Margottini, C., Canuti, P., Sassa, K. (eds) Landslide Science and Practice. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31319-6_36
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