Slope stability and landslides in proglacial varved clays of western Estonia

Geomorphology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 315-323

  Kohv, Marko ^a   Talviste, Peeter ^b   Hang, Tiit ^a   Kalm, Volli ^a   Rosentau, Alar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b IPT Projektijuhtimine OÜ ^*  (Estonia)

Author keywords

Eastern Baltic; Estonia; Glaciolacustrine varved clay; Landslide; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOIL; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LANDSLIDE; MEANDER; RIVER CHANNEL; SHEAR STRESS; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL EROSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 62649119153     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.11.013     Document Type: Article

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