Failure of peat-covered hillslopes at Dooncarton Mountain, Co. Mayo, Ireland: Analysis of topographic and geotechnical factors

Catena

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-145

  Dykes, A P ^a   Warburton, J ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blanket peat; Convex slopes; Peat slides; Shallow landslides; Stability modelling; Upland catena

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BACK ANALYSIS; BLANKET BOG; CATENA; DISTURBANCE; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTY; LANDSLIDE; PEAT; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR TEST; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL HORIZON; STABILITY ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

CONNACHT; COUNTY MAYO; DOONCARTON MOUNTAIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35348984415     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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