Investigating landslide-related cracks along the edge of two loess platforms in northwest China

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1023-1033

  Xu, L ^a   Dai, F C ^a   Tham, L G ^b   Zhou, Y F ^b   Wu, C X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cracks; Landslide; Loess plateau; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; LANDSLIDES; SEDIMENTS; SLOPE PROTECTION; SLOPE STABILITY;

ANALYSIS OF SOILS; FIELD SURVEYS; FIELD TEST; FULL-SCALE FIELD TESTS; IRRIGATION WATERS; LOESS PLATEAU; NORTHWEST CHINA; UNSATURATED LOESS;

CRACKS;

CRACK PROPAGATION; DRAINAGE; INFLOW; LANDSLIDE; SATURATION; SLOPE ANGLE; SLOPE STABILITY;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84864748055     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.3214     Document Type: Article

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