Correlation between soil creep behavior and soil moisture change on a forest slope of weathered granite in west-Japan

Chikei/Transactions, Japanese Geomorphological Union

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-129

  Sonoda, Mieko ^a   Okunishi, Kazuo ^b  

^a Japan Institute of Land and Environmental Studies ^*  (Japan)

^b Japan Institute of Land and Environmental Studies   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forest slope; Soil creep; Soil moisture change; Strain probe; Weathered granite

Indexed keywords

FOREST; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MECHANICS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 18844404169     PISSN: 03891755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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