Back analyses of rainfall-induced slope failure in Northland Allochthon formation

Landslides

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 349-356

  Harris, S J ^a   Orense, R P ^a   Itoh, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Field monitoring; Rainfall; Seepage analyses; Slope failure

Indexed keywords

BACK ANALYSIS; CUT SLOPE; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; FACTOR OF SAFETY; FIELD MONITORING; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; NEW ZEALAND; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINFALL INDUCED LANDSLIDES; SEEPAGE ANALYSIS; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS; SOIL PARAMETERS; STATE HIGHWAYS; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

EMBANKMENTS; LANDSLIDES; SAFETY FACTOR; WATER CONTENT;

RAIN;

ALLOCHTHON; BACK ANALYSIS; COLLAPSE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EMBANKMENT; FIELDWORK; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INFLOW; LANDSLIDE; MONITORING SYSTEM; RAINFALL; SAFETY; SEEPAGE; SLOPE FAILURE; SOIL PROPERTY; WATER CONTENT;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND;

EID: 84865816767     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-011-0309-1     Document Type: Article

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