The instability of slopes composed of granular materials

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 401-411

  Onda, Yuichi ^a   Matsukura, Yukinori ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angle of repose; Granular material; Mechanicm of avalanching; Shear strength; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE MECHANISM; GRANULAR MEDIUM; ROTATION; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 5644239690     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9837(199704)22:4<401::aid-esp708>3.0.co;2-c     Document Type: Article

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