Failure process and hydrologic response of a two layer physical model: Implications for rainfall-induced landslides

Geomorphology

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 115-130

  Lourenço, Sérgio D N ^a,b   Sassa, Kyoji ^b   Fukuoka, Hiroshi ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Failure mode; Flume experiments; Landslides; Permeability; Pore water pressure

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL; SLOPE FAILURE; TRIGGER MECHANISM;

EID: 29644438010     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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