Investigation of a slope endangered by rainfall-induced landslides using 3D resistivity tomography and geotechnical testing

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 100-114

  Friedel, S ^a,b   Thielen, A ^a   Springman, S M ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Femlab GmbH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Electrical resistivity; Rainfall induced landslides; Slope stability; Tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LANDSLIDES; PLASTICITY; RAIN; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DIRECT PENETRATION TESTS; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; RAINFALL-INDUCED LANDSLIDES; SUBSURFACE IMAGE;

SLOPE STABILITY;

LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL; SITE INVESTIGATION; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; TOMOGRAPHY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33748634353     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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