Kita-Uebaru natural rock slope failure and its back analysis

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-31

  Tokashiki, Naohiko ^a   Aydan, Ömer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Landslide; Limiting equilibrium analysis; Post failure motion; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

BACK ANALYSIS; FAILURE PLANE; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS; LIMITING EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL MODEL; NATURAL ROCKS; POST-FAILURE MOTION; RAINFALL; SLIDING PROCESS; STRENGTH PROPERTY; TOTAL RAINFALL; TRAVEL DISTANCE;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RAIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

LANDSLIDES;

BACK ANALYSIS; DAMAGE; EQUILIBRIUM; FAILURE ANALYSIS; LANDSLIDE; RAINFALL; SLIDING; SLOPE FAILURE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TORRENT;

JAPAN; OKINAWA [OKINAWA ISLAND]; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; OKINAWA ISLAND; OKINAWA ISLANDS; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

EID: 79551644194     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0492-8     Document Type: Article

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