Impacts of unsaturated zone soil moisture and groundwater table on slope instability

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1448-1458

  Ray, Ram L ^a   Jacobs, Jennifer M ^a   de Alba, Pedro ^a  

^a Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor of safety; Landslide; Slope stability; Soil moisture; Susceptibility; Unsaturated

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LANDSLIDES; COMBINED EFFECT; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; FACTOR OF SAFETY; FACTORS OF SAFETIES; GROUND WATER TABLE; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; REGIONAL SCALE; SATURATED SOILS; SHALLOW SOILS; SLOPE INSTABILITY; SOIL MANTLE; SOIL MOISTURE DYNAMICS; SUSCEPTIBILITY; UNSATURATED; UNSATURATED SOIL; UNSATURATED ZONE;

GROUNDWATER; LANDSLIDES; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SAFETY FACTOR; SLOPE PROTECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; STABILITY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

GROUNDWATER; LANDSLIDE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER TABLE;

EID: 77956828488     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000357     Document Type: Article

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