Examination of influences of rainfall patterns on shallow landslides due to dissipation of matric suction

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-75

  Tsai, Tung Lin ^a   Wang, Jyun Kai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Matric suction; Rainfall pattern; Shallow landslides

Indexed keywords

MATRIC SUCTIONS; RAINFALL CONDITION; RAINFALL DURATION; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINFALL PATTERNS; RAINFALL PREDICTION; SHALLOW LANDSLIDE;

LANDSLIDES; OPTIMIZATION;

RAIN;

DISSIPATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LANDSLIDE; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUCTION; THRESHOLD;

EID: 79954424992     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0669-1     Document Type: Article

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