A coupled slope cutting—a prolonged rainfall-induced loess landslide: a 17 October 2011 case study

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 997-1011

  Zhuang, Jian qi ^a   Peng, Jian bing ^a  

^a CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cutting slopes; Formation mechanism; Loess landslide; Trigger factors; 9.17 landslide

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; DISASTER PREVENTION; RAIN; SEDIMENTS;

CUTTING SLOPE; DISASTER PREVENTION AND MITIGATIONS; FORMATION MECHANISM; HAZARD CHARACTERISTICS; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; LOESS LANDSLIDES; PRECIPITATION THRESHOLD; TRIGGER FACTORS;

LANDSLIDES;

EID: 84919390243     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-014-0645-1     Document Type: Article

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