Comparative analysis of contributing parameters for rainfall-triggered landslides in the Lesser Himalaya of Nepal

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 567-586

  Dahal, Ranjan Kumar ^a,b   Hasegawa, Shuichi ^a   Yamanaka, Minoru ^a   Dhakal, Santosh ^c   Bhandary, Netra Prakash ^d   Yatabe, Ryuichi ^d  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c Department of Mines and Geology ^*  (Nepal)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Himalaya; Rainfall triggered landslides; Seepage analysis; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF INTERNAL FRICTION; BEDROCK GEOLOGY; CLAY MINERALOGY; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; HIMALAYA; HIMALAYAS; HUMAN INTERVENTION; KATHMANDU; LESSER HIMALAYA; MEDIUM RANGE; MONSOON RAINFALL; NATURAL DISASTERS; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; RAINFALL-TRIGGERED LANDSLIDES; SEEPAGE ANALYSIS; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE HYDROLOGY; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL LAYER; SOIL PERMEABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; SUMMER MONSOON;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SEEPAGE; SILICATE MINERALS; SOILS;

CLAY MINERALS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LANDSLIDE; MONSOON; PARAMETERIZATION; POREWATER; RAINFALL; SLOPE FAILURE; VALLEY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; LESSER HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70350630434     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1531-6     Document Type: Article

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