Integrated geostructural, seismic and infrared thermography surveys for the study of an unstable rock slope in the Peloritani Chain (NE Sicily)

This paper presents a multidisciplinary study about the instability of a rock slope on Peloritani Chain, northeastern Sicily. Several rockfalls affected the studied slope in the last decades, also causing the disruption of the main road, connecting the shore villages to the city of Messina. The complex geology and tectonics are the main causes of the poor mechanical properties of the rocks, exacerbated by high fracturing and weathering....