Characterisation of a volcanic residual soil and its implications for large landslide phenomena: Application to Tenerife, Canary Islands

Engineering Geology

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 115-132

  Hurlimann M ^a,b,c   Ledesma, A ^a   Marti J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bonding; Laboratory tests; Residual soil; Tenerife; Volcanic landslide

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MICROSTRUCTURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR STRESS; SOILS; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANIC RESIDUAL SOIL;

LANDSLIDES;

LANDSLIDE; RESIDUAL SOIL; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL PROPERTY; VOLCANO;

CANARY ISLANDS;

EID: 0035047560     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(00)00069-7     Document Type: Article

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