The influence of shallow landslides on sediment supply: A flume-based investigation using sandy soil

Engineering Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 161-169

  Acharya, G ^a   Cochrane, T A ^a   Davies, T ^a   Bowman, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Flume; Landslide; Rainfall simulator; Rill; Sediment yield; Soil armouring

Indexed keywords

DOWNSLOPE; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FAILURE EVENTS; FLUME; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; HILLSLOPES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL SIMULATOR; RILL; SANDY SOILS; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE; SHALLOW SLOPE FAILURE; SIMULATED RAINFALL; SLOPE CONFIGURATION; SLOPE STABILIZATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL SLOPES;

LANDSLIDES; RAIN; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SLOPE PROTECTION; SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUME EXPERIMENT; HILLSLOPE; LANDSLIDE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RILL; SANDY SOIL; SEDIMENT YIELD; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILIZATION; SOIL PROFILE;

EID: 70350207164     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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