Evaluation of landslide triggering mechanisms in model fill slopes

Landslides

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 173-184

  Take, W A ^a   Bolton, M D ^b   Wong, P C P ^c   Yeung, F J ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Government of HKSAR   (China)

Author keywords

Centrifuge tests; Layered soils; Rainfall; Slope stability; Triggering

Indexed keywords

AIR MOBILITY; CENTRIFUGES; LANDSLIDES; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RAIN; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

CENTRIFUGE MODEL TEST; CENTRIFUGE TESTS; HIGH INTENSITY RAINFALL; LAYERED SOILS; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; STATIC LIQUEFACTION; TRIGGERING; TRIGGERING MECHANISM;

SLOPE PROTECTION;

EID: 20444385946     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-004-0025-1     Document Type: Article

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