Comparative study of rainfall infiltration into a bare and a grassed unsaturated expansive soil slope

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-217

  Ng, C W W ^a   Zhan, L T ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Expansive clay; Pore water pressure; Rainfall; Slope stability; Vegetation; Water content

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; RAIN; RUNOFF; SLOPE PROTECTION; SOILS; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION); TRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT;

ARTIFICIAL RAINFALL; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; EXPANSIVE CLAYS; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; RAINFALL INFILTRATION; STABILIZATION EFFECTS; UNSATURATED EXPANSIVE SOILS; VEGETATION EFFECTS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 56349122311     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.47.207     Document Type: Article

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