Flow-type failures in fine-grained soils: An important aspect in landslide hazard analysis

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1703-1711

  Van Asch, T W J ^a,b   Malet, J P ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c Et Université de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; DILATION; FLUIDIZATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; MODELING; MUDFLOW; POREWATER; SLIDING; SLUMPING; STRAIN;

ALPS;

EID: 77953757679     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-9-1703-2009     Document Type: Article

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