Slope instability mechanisms in dipping conglomerates over weathered marls: Bol landslide, Croatia

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1417-1426

  Miscevic P ^a   Stevanic D ^a   Stambuk Cvitanovic N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^b Business Centre Split   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Marls; Rockslide mechanisms; Strength degradation; Weathering

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; EROSION; FERTILIZERS; LANDSLIDES; SOIL MECHANICS;

AIR TEMPERATURES; FIELD INVESTIGATIONS; GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING INVESTIGATIONS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; MARLS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; ROCKSLIDE MECHANISMS; SLOPE INSTABILITIES; SNOW MELTS; STRENGTH DEGRADATION;

WEATHERING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CONGLOMERATE; DIP; FLYSCH; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; LANDSLIDE; MARL; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLOPE STABILITY;

CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 58849127072     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1236-x     Document Type: Article

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