Further investigations at the Folkestone Warren landslide

Geotechnique

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 589-620

  Trenter, N A ^a   Warren, C D ^a  

^a Sir William Halcrow and Ptnrs Ltd

Author keywords

Case history; Geology; Groundwater; Historical review; Landslides; Site investigation

Indexed keywords

DRILLING; GROUNDWATER; SHEAR STRENGTH; STABILITY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CASE HISTORY; SITE INVESTIGATION;

LANDSLIDES;

LANDSLIDE ANALYSIS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SITE INVESTIGATION; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

UK, ENGLAND, KENT, FOLKESTONE WARREN;

EID: 0030482885     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1996.46.4.589     Document Type: Article

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