Influence of water level fluctuation on phreatic line in silty soil model slope

Engineering Geology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 90-98

  Yan, Zong Ling ^a   Wang, Jun Jie ^b,c   Chai, He Jun ^a  

^a CHONGQING COMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH AND DESIGN INSTITUTE   (China)

^b CHONGQING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ARMY ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY OF PLA   (China)

Author keywords

Model testing; Phreatic line; Rising and lowering water level

Indexed keywords

INFLUENCE OF WATER; MODEL TESTING; PHREATIC LINE; PHREATIC SURFACE; RESERVOIR WATER; SATURATED STATE; SATURATION LINE; SILTY SOILS; SLOPE SURFACES; SOIL MASS; SOIL SLOPES; TESTING RESULTS; WATER TABLES; WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATION;

AQUIFERS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROGEOLOGY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ROCK MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SURFACE TESTING;

WATER LEVELS;

GROUNDWATER; PHREATIC ZONE; SEEPAGE; SILTY SOIL; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

EID: 77952291633     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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