Internal soil moisture and piezometric responses to rainfall-induced shallow slope failures

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 370, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 39-51

  Ching Chuan, Huang ^a   Yih Jang, Ju ^b   Lih Kang, Hwu ^b   Jin Long, Lee ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Large scale test; Porewater pressure; Rainfall; Retrogressive failure; Slope failure; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

LARGE-SCALE TEST; POREWATER PRESSURE; RAINFALL; RETROGRESSIVE FAILURE; SLOPE FAILURE;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEBRIS; EARTH SCIENCES; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; MOSFET DEVICES; PERMITTIVITY; SLOPE PROTECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; TEST FACILITIES; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

SLOPE STABILITY;

DEBRIS FLOW; INFILTRATION; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POREWATER; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RETROGRESSION; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 65349166405     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.02.051     Document Type: Article

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