Soil creep process and its role in debris slide generation - field measurements on the north side of Tsukuba Mountain in Japan

Engineering Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 163-183

  Sasaki, Y ^a   Fujii, A ^b   Asai, K ^c  

^a PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Sarutani Dam Administration Office   (Japan)

^c GEOGRAPHICAL SURVEY INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Debris slide; Landslide; Mass movement; Slope failure; Soil creep

Indexed keywords

CREEP; LANDFORMS; MOISTURE; SOIL MECHANICS;

DEBRIS SLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; SLOPE FAILURE; SOIL CREEP;

LANDSLIDES;

CREEP; DEBRIS FLOW; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; SLOPE STABILITY;

JAPAN;

EID: 0034175496     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(99)00141-6     Document Type: Article

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