Seasonal movement of the Slumgullion landslide determined from global positioning system surveys and field instrumentation, July 1998-March 2002

Engineering Geology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 67-101

  Coe, J A ^a   Ellis, W L ^a   Godt, J W ^a   Savage, W Z ^a   Savage, J E ^b   Michael, J A ^a   Kibler, J D ^a   Powers, P S ^a   Lidke, D J ^a   Debray, S ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Advanced Coatings and Surface Engineering Laboratory   (United States)

^c Institut Des Sciences Et Techniques   (France)

Author keywords

Colorado; Extensometer; GPS; Landslide; Monitoring; Monsoon; Pore; Rainfall; Seasonal movement; Slumgullion; Snowmelt

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DILATOMETERS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PORE PRESSURE; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS;

FIELD INSTRUMENTATION;

LANDSLIDES;

FRACTURE FLOW; GPS; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; LANDSLIDE; MONITORING; PORE PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VELOCITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037317301     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(02)00199-0     Document Type: Article

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