A study of the correlation between electrical resistivity and matric suction for unsaturated ash-fall pyroclastic soils in the Campania region (southern Italy)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 787-798

  de Vita, P ^a   Di Maio, R ^a   Piegari, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electrical resistivity; Landslides; Matric suction; Pyroclastic soils

Indexed keywords

CAMPANIA; CRITICAL CONDITION; CRITICAL RAINFALL; DIRECT MONITORING; EARLY WARNING; EFFECTIVE TOOL; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GEOPHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS; IN-SITU; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; MATRIC SUCTIONS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; PYROCLASTIC SOILS; SLOPE FAILURE; SMALL VARIATIONS; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL VOLUME; SOIL WATER RETENTION; SOMMA-VESUVIUS; SOUTHERN ITALY; SUCTION MEASUREMENTS;

LANDSLIDES; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ASH; CORRELATION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; LANDSLIDE; MATRIC POTENTIAL; MOUNTAIN REGION; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE FAILURE; SOIL HORIZON; SUCTION; TENSIOMETER;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY;

EID: 84858068824     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1531-4     Document Type: Article

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