Rainfall induced shallow landslides on sandy soil and impacts on sediment discharge: A flume based investigation

12th International Conference on Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics 2008

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 4620-4628

  Acharya, G ^a   Cochrane, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Flume; Landslide; Rainfall simulator; Sediment yield; Soil armouring

Indexed keywords

FAILURE EVENTS; FLUME; HILLSLOPES; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; IT IMPACT; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL SIMULATORS; SANDY SOILS; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE; SHALLOW SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE CONFIGURATION; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL THICKNESS;

GEOMECHANICS; LANDSLIDES; RAIN; SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS;

SEDIMENTS;

EID: 79953773795     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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