Criteria for rapid sliding I. A review of Vaiont case

Engineering Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 198-210

  Alonso, Eduardo E ^a   Pinyol, Núria M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Landslide; Residual strength; Run out; Safety factor; Strength degradation; Wedge analysis

Indexed keywords

IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MASS CONSERVATION; RESIDUAL STRENGTH; ROCK STRENGTH; RUNOUT DISTANCES; STRENGTH DEGRADATION;

DEGRADATION; LANDSLIDES;

SAFETY FACTOR;

LANDSLIDE; RESIDUAL STRENGTH; SAFETY; SLIDING; SLOPE FAILURE;

EID: 77955171215     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.04.018     Document Type: Article

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