Causes of Recurring Landslides in Loess Plateau, Shaanxi Province, China

HKIE Transactions Hong Kong Institution of Engineers

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-44

  Xinbin, Tu ^a   Fuchu, Dai ^a   Kwong, A K L ^b   Tham, L G ^b   Ling, X U ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Groundwater Level; Irrigation; Landslides; Loess; Long Run out Distance

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; DIFFERENT SCALE; GROUNDWATER LEVEL; LOESS PLATEAU; RUNOUT DISTANCES;

LANDSLIDES;

EID: 77953497673     PISSN: 1023697X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1023697X.2010.10668186     Document Type: Article

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