Infiltration characteristics of two instrumented residual soil slopes

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1012-1032

  Tsaparas, Illias ^a   Rahardjo, Harianto ^a   Toll, David G ^a   Leong, Eng Choon ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Field measurements; Infiltration; Pore water pressure; Rainfall; Runoff

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFILTRATION; PORE PRESSURE; RAIN; RUNOFF; SOILS;

CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; FIELD MEASUREMENTS;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

INFILTRATION; PORE PRESSURE; POREWATER; RAINFALL; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MECHANICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 0347286634     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t03-049     Document Type: Article

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