Suggestion of a method for landslide early warning using the change in the volumetric water content gradient due to rainfall infiltration

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1973-1986

  Chae, Byung Gon ^a   Kim, Man Il ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b Korea Infrastructure Safety and Technology Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Early warning; Landslides; Monitoring; Rainfall; Volumetric water content

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; CUMULATIVE RAINFALL; EARLY WARNING; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EFFECTIVE MEASURES; FIELD MONITORING; HIGH GRADIENT; LANDSLIDE MONITORING; MAXIMUM VALUES; NEAR-REAL TIME; PER UNIT; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINFALL INFILTRATION; REAL TIME; REAL-TIME MONITORING SYSTEMS; SHALLOW SOILS; SLOPE FAILURE; SOIL PROPERTY; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

LANDSLIDES; MONITORING; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RAIN; SOILS;

SLOPE PROTECTION;

DAMAGE; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; INFILTRATION; LANDSLIDE; MONITORING; RAINFALL; REAL TIME; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL DEPTH; TERRAIN; TRIGGER MECHANISM; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84864088587     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1423-z     Document Type: Article

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