Rainfall infiltration: Infinite slope model for landslides triggering by rainstorm

Natural Hazards

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 967-984

  Muntohar, Agus Setyo ^a   Liao, Hung Jiun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH YOGYAKARTA   (Indonesia)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Green Ampt infiltration; Infinite slope analysis; Landslides; Rainstorm; Rainwater infiltration

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINFALL; RAINSTORM; RAINWATER; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; TYPHOON;

CHINA; HONG KONG; ITALY;

EID: 77956174571     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-010-9518-5     Document Type: Article

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