On capillary barrier effects and debris slide triggering in unsaturated layered covers

Engineering Geology

Volumn 147-148, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-27

  Mancarella, D ^a   Doglioni, A ^a   Simeone, V ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Campania; Capillary barriers; Debris flow; Infiltration; Pyroclastic cover

Indexed keywords

BARRIER EFFECTS; CAMPANIA; CAPILLARY BARRIER EFFECT; CAPILLARY BARRIERS; CATASTROPHIC LANDSLIDES; CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER; DEBRIS FLOWS; DEBRIS SLIDE; DOWNSLOPE; HIGH PERMEABILITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; INFILTRATION MODELS; INITIAL FAILURE; LATERAL DISTRIBUTIONS; LAYERED SLOPE; LAYERED SOILS; LOSS OF STRENGTH; MOISTURE ACCUMULATION; PERCOLATING WATERS; PERMEABLE LAYERS; PERMEABLE SOILS; PRESSURE PULSE; PYROCLASTIC COVER; PYROCLASTICS; SOIL STRATIGRAPHY; SOIL STRENGTH; SOUTHERN ITALY; STEEP SLOPE; TIME SPAN; UNSATURATED CONDITION; WATER CIRCULATION;

DEBRIS; DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; LANDSLIDES; SILT; SLOPE PROTECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; STRATIGRAPHY;

SOIL POLLUTION;

BEDROCK; DEBRIS FLOW; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; INFILTRATION; LANDSLIDE; PERMEABILITY; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL STRENGTH; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY;

EID: 84865053866     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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