Field-monitored variations of soil moisture and matric suction in a saprolite slope

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-26

  Li, A G ^a   Yue, Z Q ^a   Tham, L G ^a   Lee, C F ^a   Law, K T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Field instrumentation; Matric suction; Moisture content; Rainfall infiltration; Wetting front

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; MOISTURE; MONITORING; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PROBES; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SLOPE STABILITY; SOILS; WETTING;

PIEZOMETERS; SAPROLITE SLOPES; SOIL MOISTURE; TENSIOMETERS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

INFILTRATION; RAINFALL; SLOPE; SOIL MOISTURE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; WORLD;

EID: 19944368805     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t04-069     Document Type: Article

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