Assessing the stability of landslides - Overview of lessons learned from historical landslides in Utah

40th Symposium on Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-17

  Christenson, Gary E ^a   Ashland, Francis X ^a  

^a UTAH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGING MOVEMENTS; DOWNSLOPE; GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS; GEOMORPHIC EXPRESSION; HOLOCENES; LANDSLIDE STABILITY; LANDSLIDING; MULTIPLE FAILURE TYPES; RESEARCH RESULTS; RUNOUT DISTANCES; SETBACK DISTANCES; STABILITY ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD OF INSTABILITY;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; STABILITY; WATER LEVELS;

LANDSLIDES;

EID: 84868577465     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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