Landsliding in partially saturated materials

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Godt, Jonathan W ^a   Baum, Rex L ^a   Lu, Ning ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; SOILS; WATER; WATER CONTENT;

ANALYTIC METHODS; EARTH MATERIALS; EFFECTIVE STRESS; FAILURE SURFACES; HILLSLOPE; INTENSE PRECIPITATIONS; LANDSLIDE HAZARD ASSESSMENTS; LANDSLIDING; NATURAL HAZARDS; PORE WATERS; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; RAINFALL-INDUCED LANDSLIDES; SATURATED CONDITIONS; SATURATED MATERIALS; SHALLOW LANDSLIDES; SOIL SUCTIONS; WATER TABLES;

LANDSLIDES;

HILLSLOPE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INSTRUMENTATION; LANDSLIDE; NATURAL HAZARD; POREWATER; RAINFALL; WATER CONTENT; WATER TABLE;

EID: 62749193841     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035996     Document Type: Article

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