Travel distance angle for "rapid" landslides in constructed and natural soil slopes

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1123-1141

  Hunter, Gavan ^a   Fell, Robin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b URS Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

"Rapid" landslide; Debris flow; Debris slide; Failure mechanism; Flow slide; Travel distance angle

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; KINETIC ENERGY; SOILS;

FAILURE MECHANICS; SOIL SLOPES;

LANDSLIDES;

DEBRIS FLOW; FAILURE MECHANISM; LANDSLIDE; MASS MOVEMENT; PREDICTION; SLOPE FAILURE;

EID: 0442312047     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t03-061     Document Type: Article

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