The chaotic characteristics of landslide evolution: A case study of Xintan landslide

Environmental Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1585-1591

  Huang, Zhiquan ^a   Law, K Tim ^b   Liu, Handong ^a   Jiang, Tong ^a  

^a NORTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER CONSERVANCY AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER   (China)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chaos; Landslide evolution; Lyapunov exponent; Xintan landslide

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SLOPE STABILITY; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

CHAOS; CHAOTIC CHARACTERISTICS; CHAOTIC STATE; COMPLEX PROCESSES; EVOLUTION PROCESS; FIELD DATUM; LANDSLIDE EVOLUTION; LYAPUNOV EXPONENT; SLOPE FAILURES; SLOPE SYSTEMS; XINTAN LANDSLIDE;

LANDSLIDES;

CHAOS THEORY; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LANDSLIDE; SLOPE FAILURE;

EID: 59449092862     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1256-6     Document Type: Article

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