Field testing of irrigation effects on the stability of a cliff edge in loess, North-west China

Engineering Geology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 10-17

  Xu, L ^a   Dai, F C ^a   Tham, L G ^b   Tu, X B ^a   Min, H ^a   Zhou, Y F ^b   Wu, C X ^a   Xu, K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Crack; Field testing; Irrigation; Landslide; Loess plateau

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; LANDSLIDES; PORE PRESSURE; SEDIMENTS;

CHINESE LOESS PLATEAU; FIELD TESTING; FULL-SCALE FIELD TESTING; IRRIGATION EFFECTS; LOESS PLATEAU; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; STABILITY OF THE SLOPES; UNDISTURBED LOESS;

IRRIGATION;

CLIFF; CRACK; INFLOW; IRRIGATION; LANDSLIDE; LOESS; PIEZOMETER; PORE PRESSURE; POREWATER; SLOPE DYNAMICS; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GANSU; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 79956362861     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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