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    A rockfall or rock-fall is a quantity/sheets of rock that has fallen freely from a cliff face. The term is also used for collapse of rock from roof or...
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  • A rockfall barrier is a structure built to intercept rockfall, most often made from metallic components and consisting of an interception structure hanged...
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    re-evaluation of large-wave events and the recognition of impact events, rockfalls, and landslides as causes of very large waves. Lituya Bay is a fjord located...
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    On 8 January 2022, a rockfall occurred in a canyon of Furnas Lake in Capitólio, Minas Gerais, Brazil. A cliff face collapsed onto tourist pleasure boats...
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  • A rockfall protection embankment is an earthwork built in elevation with respect to the ground to intercept falling rock fragments before elements at risk...
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    County, California in Yosemite National Park within the Yosemite Valley. A rockfall in 2008 damaged a number of structures, and about one third of visitor...
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    reconstruction and enhancements of walkways and safety features after a deadly rockfall in 2020 and is scheduled to be reopened in July 2024. Bären-Schütz-Klamm...
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  • on State Highway 145 (SH 145) near Dolores in the US state of Colorado. Rockfall, caused by ice jacking during freeze-thaw cycles in the Rocky Mountains...
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    Rockfalls is a historic house at 7441 Rockfalls Drive in Richmond, Virginia. Built in 1936–37, it is a locally prominent early example of International...
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    population was 4,217 at the 2020 census. The town includes the village of Rockfall in the northeast section. Middlefield, in Middlesex County, is so named...
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