Role of expansive soil and topography on slope failure and its countermeasures, Yun County, China

Engineering Geology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 155-161

  Jiang, Hongtao ^a   Wang, Baojun ^a   Inyang, Hilary I ^b   Liu, Jin ^a,c   Gu, Kai ^a   Shi, Bin ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Countermeasure; Expansive soil; Slope failure; Topography; Yun County

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; SLOPE STABILITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

COUNTERMEASURE; DEFORMATION AND FAILURES; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; EXPANSIVE SOILS; SLOPE FAILURE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; SWELLING AND SHRINKAGES; YUN COUNTY;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

CLAY MINERAL; CLAY SOIL; EXPANSIVE SOIL; MINERALOGY; MOISTURE CONTENT; SHRINKAGE; SLOPE FAILURE; SWELLING; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA;

EID: 84870678093     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2012.10.020     Document Type: Article

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