Rainfall-induced slope failure considering variability of soil properties

Geotechnique

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-188

  Zhang, Limin ^a   Zhang, L M ^a   Tang, W H ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Slopes; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

RAINFALL; SLOPE FAILURE; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 15544380491     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.2005.55.2.183     Document Type: Article

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