A linear regression framework for predicting subsurface geometries and displacement rates in deep-seated, slow-moving landslides

Engineering Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Kaunda, Rennie B ^a  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaussian quadrature; Geometric modeling; Landslides; Linear regression; Mass movements; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

CASE HISTORY; DEBRIS SLIDE; DISPLACEMENT RATE; EARTH FLOWS; EARTH SLIDE; FIELD INVESTIGATION; GAUSSIAN QUADRATURES; GEOMETRIC DEFORMATIONS; GEOMETRIC MODELING; GEOMETRIC PROPERTIES; GEOMETRICAL PATTERNS; LOCAL CONDITIONS; LONG TERM DYNAMICS; MASS MOVEMENT; MASS MOVEMENTS; MINIMAL COST; MITIGATION PROJECTS; MOVING MASS; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; ROCKFALLS; SHORT TERM; SLIDING SURFACE; SUB-SURFACE GEOMETRIES; TRIGGERING MECHANISM; VELOCITY PROFILES; WARNING SYSTEMS;

DEBRIS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; GEOMETRY; INTEGRATION; LANDSLIDES; LINEAR REGRESSION; ROCK BURSTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SYSTEM STABILITY; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

SLOPE PROTECTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEBRIS FLOW; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GAUSSIAN METHOD; INTEGRATED APPROACH; KINEMATICS; LANDSLIDE; LINEARITY; MASS MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLOPE ANGLE; SLOPE STABILITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ITALY;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 77953622542     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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