Effect of rainfall intensity on infiltration into partly saturated slopes

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 199-209

  Xue, Jianfeng ^a   Gavin, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cumulative infiltration; Rainfall pattern; Runoff; Unsaturated soil slopes; Water flow

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SLOPE PROTECTION;

CUMULATIVE INFILTRATION; HORTON EQUATION; RAINFALL PATTERN;

INFILTRATION;

INFILTRATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RUNOFF; SLOPE STABILITY; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER FLOW;

EID: 41149094641     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-007-9157-0     Document Type: Review

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