Landslides in iliolitic and marly formations. Examples from north-western Greece

Engineering Geology

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 57-69

  Christaras, Basile ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Clay formations; Landslides; Plasticity; Shear strength; Soil movements

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CRACKS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LANDSLIDES; PLASTICITY; RAIN; SANDSTONE; SHEAR STRENGTH; TECTONICS; WEATHERING;

CAVING; ILIOLITIC FORMATION; MARLY FORMATION; SLIDING; SOIL MOVEMENT; TOPPLING;

SOIL MECHANICS;

CAVING; LANDSLIDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; WEATHERING;

GREECE;

EID: 0042732508     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7952(96)00123-8     Document Type: Article

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