A loess landslide induced by excavation and rainfall

Landslides

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-152

  Wang, Jun Jie ^a,b   Liang, Yue ^a   Zhang, Hui Ping ^a   Wu, Yang ^a   Lin, Xin ^a  

^a CHONGQING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Excavation; Linfen; Loess landslide; Rainfall; Stability analysis; Stabilization treatment

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; LANDSLIDES; RAIN; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STABILIZATION;

LIMIT EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; LINFEN; LOESS LANDSLIDES; LOESS PLATEAU OF CHINAS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION METHODS; STABILIZATION TREATMENTS; STRENGTH REDUCTION FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

SEDIMENTS;

EXCAVATION; LANDSLIDE; LOESS; RAINFALL; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL STRENGTH;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84893729591     PISSN: 1612510X     EISSN: 16125118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-013-0418-0     Document Type: Article

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