Effect of toe excavation on a deep bedrock landslide

Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 244-255

  Stark, Timothy D ^a   Arellano, W David ^a   Hillman, Ryan P ^b   Hughes, Roger M ^c   Joyal, Norman ^d   Hillebrandt, Don ^e  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b GOLDER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

^c Law Bell Rosenberg and Hughes ^*  (United States)

^d DCM/Joyal Engineering   (United States)

^e Don Hillebrandt Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Clays; Excavation; Landslides; Shear strength; Slope stability; Subsurface investigations

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CUTSLOPES; DEEP BEDROCK LANDSLIDES; SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATIONS;

CLAY; EXCAVATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; ROCKS; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY; UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES; WEATHERING;

LANDSLIDES;

EID: 23844469204     PISSN: 08873828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2005)19:3(244)     Document Type: Article

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