Infinite slope stability under steady unsaturated seepage conditions

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Lu, Ning ^a   Godt, Jonathan ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; INFILTRATION; SAFETY FACTOR; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WATER CONTENT; WEATHERING;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CASE STUDIES; FACTOR OF SAFETIES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FRICTION ANGLES; GROUND SURFACES; HILL SLOPES; MOISTURE CONTENTS; SATURATED ZONES; SEATTLE , WASHINGTON; SILTY SOILS; SLOPE FAILURES; SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSES; SOIL SUCTIONS; UNSATURATED SEEPAGES; VADOSE ZONES; WATER TABLES;

SLOPE STABILITY;

FRICTION; INFILTRATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; POROSITY; SEEPAGE; SILTY SOIL; SLOPE STABILITY; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE; WEATHERING;

EID: 58149090296     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR006976     Document Type: Article

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