On the stability of landslides: A thermo-poro-elastic approach

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 365-372

  Goren, Liran ^a   Aharonov, Einat ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

arrested landslides; catastrophic landslides; frictional heating; landslide; pore pressure; thermo poro elastic

Indexed keywords

ARRESTED LANDSLIDES; CATASTROPHIC LANDSLIDES; CREEP VELOCITIES; ELASTIC MODELS; FRICTIONAL HEATING; FRICTIONAL RESISTANCES; HIGH PERMEABILITIES; LOW PERMEABILITIES; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; PHASE PLANES; PRESSURE DIFFUSIONS; PRESSURE RISES; ROCK MASSES; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; SEPARATRIX; SHEAR ZONES; SHORT DISTANCES; SLIDING MASSES; SLIDING PROCESSES; SLIDING STABILITIES; SLIDING VELOCITIES; TEMPERATURE INCREASES; THERMO-PORO-ELASTIC;

CAPILLARITY; CREEP; DYNAMICS; FRICTION; HEATING; LANDSLIDES; LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTICS FILLERS; PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; SLOPE STABILITY; SOLIDS; STABILIZATION; VELOCITY; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

SLOPE PROTECTION;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; CREEP; LANDSLIDE; PERMEABILITY; PORE PRESSURE; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; SHEAR ZONE; SLIDING; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 58149288071     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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