Internal soil moisture response to rainfall-induced slope failures and debris discharge

Engineering Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 134-145

  Huang, Ching Chuan ^a   Lo, Chien Li ^b   Jang, Jia Shiun ^c   Hwu, Lih Kang ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Model test; Rainfall; Slope failure; Soil moisture; Solid discharge

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLUIDIZATION; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS;

MODEL TEST; RAINFALL; SLOPE FAILURE; SOLID DISCHARGE;

DEBRIS;

DEBRIS FLOW; MASS WASTING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODEL TEST; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SLOPE FAILURE; SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 53749088967     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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