Effects of climate change on cycles of wetting and drying in engineered clay slopes in England

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-486

  Clarke, D ^a   Smethurst, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL RUNOFF; CLAY SLOPES; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; CUT SLOPE; DAILY CHANGE; EARTH DAM; ENGLAND; FLOOD EMBANKMENTS; HIGHWAY EMBANKMENTS; SENSITIVE CLAYS; SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL MOISTURE DEFICITS; SUMMER DRYING; SURFACE LAYERS; WATER BALANCE MODELS; WEATHER DATA; WETTING AND DRYING;

CANALS; DAMS; DRYING; EMBANKMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME SERIES; WATER CONTENT; WETTING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLAY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMBANKMENT; EXTREME EVENT; RUNOFF; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER BUDGET; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649400125     PISSN: 14709236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/08-106     Document Type: Article

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