Long-term investigation of a deep-seated creeping landslide in crystalline rock. Part II. Mitigation measures and numerical modelling of deep drainage at Campo Vallemaggia

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1181-1199

  Eberhardt, E ^a,b   Bonzanigo, L ^a,c   Loew, S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Geologch Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coupled hydromechanical analysis; Deep seated landslide; Distinct element method; Drainage adit; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

CREEP; DRAINAGE; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PORE SIZE;

DEEP-SEATED LANDSLIDE; DISTINCT-ELEMENT METHOD; DRAINAGE ADIT;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS;

CREEP; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DRAINAGE; LANDSLIDES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONITORING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PORE SIZE;

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DRAINAGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROMECHANICS; LANDSLIDE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 38849112519     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T07-044     Document Type: Article

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