Challenges in understanding the hydrologic controls on the mobility of slow-moving landslides

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 496-511

  Wienhöfer, Jan ^a,b   Lindenmaier, Falk ^a   Zehe, Erwin ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MASS; ADDITIONAL LOADS; AUSTRIA; EFFECTIVE PORE PRESSURE; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH-RESOLUTION MONITORING; HYDROLOGIC CONTROLS; HYDROLOGIC PROCESS; INFINITE SLOPE; LANDSLIDE MOBILITY; MOBILITY MODEL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; PARAMETER VARIATION; PERFECT MATCHES; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; PRESSURE DYNAMICS; PRESSURE MONITORING; SEASONALITY; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP SURFACES; SLOPE FAILURE; SMALL VARIATIONS; SNOW COVERS; STABILIZING EFFECTS; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MONITORING; PORE PRESSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SNOW;

LANDSLIDES;

AQUIFER; DATA SET; INFILTRATION; LANDSLIDE; MOBILITY; MONITORING SYSTEM; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PORE PRESSURE; POREWATER; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEASONALITY; SHEAR ZONE; SLIP; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE FAILURE; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 79960120970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2009.0182     Document Type: Article

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