Behavior of a landslide prior to inducing a viaduct failure, Caracas-La Guaira highway, Venezuela

Engineering Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 16-30

  Salcedo, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCIENT LANDSLIDE; CARACAS; FAILURE TIME PREDICTION; FINAL FAILURES; GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS; SPAN STRUCTURES; SURFACE CONTROLS; VENEZUELA;

PRESTRESSED CONCRETE;

LANDSLIDES;

FAILURE MECHANISM; LANDSLIDE; PREDICTION; SLIDING; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; VIADUCT;

CARACAS; FEDERAL DISTRICT [VENEZUELA]; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

EID: 70349786083     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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