Occurrence of landsliding on slopes where flowsliding had previously occurred: An investigation in a loess platform, North-west China

Catena

Volumn 104, Issue , 2013, Pages 195-209

  Xu, L ^a   Dai, F C ^a   Tu, X B ^a   Javed, I ^a,b   Woodard, M J ^c   Jin, Y L ^d   Tham, L G ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Development Studies   (Pakistan)

^c HALEY AND ALDRICH INC   (United States)

^d NORTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF WATER RESOURCES AND ELECTRIC POWER   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Constant water content test; Landslides; Loess Plateau; Numerical modeling; Slope evolution; Wetting test

Indexed keywords

LANDSLIDE; MOBILIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; WATER CONTENT; WETTING;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84873198353     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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