Method of mitigating the surface erosion of a high-gradient mudstone slope in southwest Taiwan

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 72, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 533-545

  Lee, Der Her ^a   Chen, Po Ying ^a   Wu, Jian Houng ^a   Chen, Hui Ling ^b   Yang, Yi En ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Tainan Branch Soil and Water Conservation Bureau   (Taiwan)

^c NAN JEON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Erosion; Mudstone slope; Soil tyre vegetation method (STV)

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOTEXTILES; RAIN; SOILS; TIRES; VEGETATION;

EROSION PROBLEM; HIGHWAY SLOPES; MUDSTONE SLOPE; SLAKING DURABILITY; SLOPE STABILIZATION; SLOPE SURFACES; SURFACE EROSION; SWELLING STRESS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

DURABILITY; GEOTEXTILE; GULLY EROSION; MUDSTONE; RAINFALL; SLAKING; SLOPE ANGLE; SLOPE STABILIZATION; SOIL TYPE; STRENGTH; SWELLING; VEGETATION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84891156762     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-013-0518-z     Document Type: Article

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