The effect of rainwater infiltration within a slope of pyroclastic deposits, recorded using automated electric prospecting

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-58

  Yokota, S ^a   Fukuda, T ^b   Iwamatsu, A ^b   Uda, S ^c   Wada, T ^c   Masaki, H ^c  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c No 9 Chuo Building ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Electric prospecting; Japan; Pyroclastic deposits; Rainfall; Resistivity; Slope failure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009581389     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100640050020     Document Type: Article

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