Ground cracks in Ethiopian Rift Valley: Facts and uncertainties

Engineering Geology

Volumn 75, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 309-324

  Ayalew, L ^a,b   Yamagishi, H ^b   Reik, G ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earth fissures; Ethiopia; Ground cracks; Hydrocompaction; Piping; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; CRACKS; GROUNDWATER; RAIN; SEEPAGE; STRESSES;

AQUIFER-SYSTEM COMPACTION; GROUND CRACKS; HORIZONTAL SEEPAGE STRESSES;

GEOLOGY;

COMPACTION; CRACKING; PIPE FLOW; RAINFALL; SOIL PROPERTY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIAN RIFT; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 11344252525     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2004.06.018     Document Type: Article

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