Quantifying the effect of brush layering on slope stability

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 258-264

  Bischetti, G B ^a   Chiaradia, E A ^a   D'Agostino, V ^b   Simonato, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brush layering; Eco engineering; Hillslope stabilisation; Live cuttings; Soil bioengineering

Indexed keywords

ECO-ENGINEERING; HILLSLOPES; LIVE CUTTINGS; STABILISATION;

BRUSHES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SAFETY FACTOR; SLOPE PROTECTION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

BIOENGINEERING; COHESION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HILLSLOPE; SHRUB; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL STABILIZATION;

SALIX; SALIX PURPUREA;

EID: 76349114293     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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