Pore-pressure generation and fluidization in a loess landslide triggered by the 1920 Haiyuan earthquake, China: A case study

Engineering Geology

Volumn 174, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-45

  Wang, Gonghui ^a   Zhang, Dexuan ^b   Furuya, Gen ^c   Yang, Jun ^d  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Air pressure; Excess pore water pressure; Haiyuan earthquake; High mobility; Liquefaction; Loess landslide

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EARTHQUAKES; FLUIDIZATION; LANDSLIDES; LIQUEFACTION; PORE PRESSURE; SEDIMENTS; SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

AIR PRESSURES; CATASTROPHIC LANDSLIDES; EXCESS PORE WATER PRESSURE; HIGH MOBILITY; LARGE-SCALE LANDSLIDES; LOESS LANDSLIDES; PORE-PRESSURE GENERATION; UNDRAINED CONDITIONS;

SILT;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FLUIDIZATION; LANDSLIDE; LIQUEFACTION; LOESS; PORE PRESSURE; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL MECHANICS;

CHINA; HAIYUAN; NINGXIA HUIZU;

EID: 84897495108     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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