Soil moisture storage and hillslope stability

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 523-534

  Talebi, A ^a,b   Uijlenhoet, R ^a   Troch, P A ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGY; LANDSLIDE; PORE PRESSURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 34548638458     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-7-523-2007     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Anderson, M. G. and Kemp, M. J.: Towards an improved specification of hillslope hydrology in the analysis of slope instability problems in the tropics, Progress in Physical. Geomorphology, 15(1), 29-52, 1991.
2. Bishop, A. W.: The use of the slip circle in the stability analysis of slopes, Geotechnique 5(1), 7-77, 1955.
3. Borga, M., Fontana, G. D., Gregoretti, C., and Marchi, L.: Assessment of shallow landsliding by using a physically based model of hillslope stability, Hydrol. Process., 16, 2833-2851, 2002.
4. Claessens, L.: Modeling Land slide Dynamics in Forested Land-scapes, PhD thesis, Wageningen University, p. 143, 2005.
5. Evans, I. S.: An integrated system of terrain analysis and slope mapping, Z. Geomorph. NF Suppl-Bd, 36, 274-295, 1980.
6. Fan, Y. and Bras, R. L.: Analytical solutions to hillslope subsurface storm flow and saturation overland flow, Water Resour. Res., 34(4), 921-927, 1998.
7. Fredlund, D. G., Morgenstern, N. R., and Widger, R. A.: The shear strength of unsaturated soil, Can. Geotech. J., 15, 313-321, 1978.
8. Gan, J. K., Fredlund, D. G., and Rahardjio, H.: Determination of shear strength parameters of an unsaturated soil using the direct shear test, Can. Geotech. J., 25, 500-510, 1988.
9. Gardner, W. R.: Some steady-state solutions of the unsaturated moisture flow equation with application to evaporation from a water table, Soil Sci., 85, 228-332, 1958.
10. Han, J. and Leshchinsky, D.: Limit equilibrium, and continuum mechanics-based numerical methods for analyzing stability of MSE walls, 17th ASCE Engineering Mechanics Conference, 13-16 June, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA, 2004.
11. Hennrich, K. and Crozier, M. J.: A hillslope hydrology approach for catchment-scale slope stability analysis, Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, 29, 599-610, 2004.
12. Hilberts, A. G. J., Troch, P. A., Paniconi, C., and Boll, J.: Low-dimensional modeling of hillslope subsurface flow: Relationship between rainfall, recharge, and unsaturated storage dynamics, Water Resour. Res., 43, W03445, doi:10.1029/2006WR004964, 2007.
13. Janbu, N.: Application of composite slip surface for stability analysis, Proceedings of the European Conference on the Stability of Earth. Slopes, 3, 43-49, 1954.
14. Jiao, J. J., Wang, X. S., and Nandy, S.: Confined groundwater zone and slope instability in weathered igneous rocks in Hong Kong, J. Eng. Geol., 80, 71-92, 2005.
15. Montgomery, D. R. and Dietrich, W. E.: A physically based model for the topographic control on shallow landsliding, Water Resour. Res., 30, 1153-1171, 1994.
16. Montgomery, D. R., Sullivan, K., and Greenberg, H. M.: Regional test of a model for shallow landsliding, Hydrol. Process., 12, 943-955, 1998.
17. Oeberg, A. L. and Saellfors, G.: Determination of shear strength parameters of unsaturated silts and sand based on the water retention curve, Geotech. Test. J., 20(1), 40-48, 1997.
18. Pellenq, J., Kalma, J., Boulet, G., Saulnier, G. M., Wooldridge, S., and Kerr, Y.: A disaggregation scheme for soil moisture based on topography and soil depth, J. Hydrol., 276, 112-127, 2003.
19. Pennock, D. J., Zebarth, B. J., and De Jong, E.: Landform, classification and soil distribution in Hummocky Terrain, Saskatchewan, Canada, Geoderma, 40, 297-315, 1987.
20. Qiu, Y., Fu, B., Wang, J., and Chen, L.: Soil moisture variation in relation to topography and land use in a hillslope catchment of the Loess Plateau, China, J. Hydrol., 240, 243-263, 2001.
21. Ridolfi, L., D'Odorico, P., Porporato, A., and Rodriguez-Iturbe, I.: Stochastic soil moisture dynamics along a hillslope, J. Hydrol., 272, 264-275, 2003.
22. Rockhold, M. L., Simmons, C. S., and Fayer, M. J.: An analytical solution technique for one-dimensional, steady vertical water flow in layered soils, Water Resour. Res., 33, 897-902, 1997.
23. Sidle, R. C.: A theoretical model of the effects of timber harvesting on slope stability, Water Resour. Res., 28(7), 1897-1910, 1992.
24. Talebi, A., Troch, P. A., and Uijlenhoet, R.: A steady-state analytical hillslope stability model for complex hillslopes, Hydrol. Process., in press, 2007.
25. Troch, P. A., Van Loon, E., and Hillberts, A.: Analytical solutions to a hillslope-storage kinematic wave equation for subsurface flow, Adv. Water Resour., 25, 637-649, 2002.
26. Vanapalli, S. K., Fredlund, D. G., Pufahl, D. E., and Clifton, A. W.: Model for the prediction of shear strength with respect to soil suction, Can. Geotech. J., 33(3), 379-392, 1996.
27. Van Beek, H.: Assessment of the influence of changes in land use and climate on landslide activity in a Mediterranean environment, PhD thesis, Utrecht University, 2002.
28. Van Genuchten, M. T.: A closed-form equation for predicting the hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated soils, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 44, 892-898, 1980.
29. Waldron, L. J. and Dakessian, S.: Soil reinforcement by roots: calculation of increased soil resistance from root properties, Soil Sci., 132, 427-434, 1981.
30. Wilkinson, P. L., Brooks, S. M., and Anderson, M. G.: Design and application of an automated non-circular slip surface search within a combined hydrology and stability model (CHASM), Hydrol. Process., 14, 2003-2017, 2000.
31. Wilkinson, P. L., Anderson, M. G., Lloyd, D. M., and Renaud, J. P.: An integrated hydrological model for rain-induced landslide prediction, Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, 27, 1285-1297, 2002.
32. Wu, W. and Siddle, R. C.: A distributed slope stability model for steep forested basins, Water Resour. Res., 31(8), 2097-2110, 1995.