Permafrost and climate in Europe: Monitoring and modelling thermal, geomorphological and geotechnical responses

C Harris, LU Arenson, HH Christiansen… - Earth-Science …, 2009 - Elsevier
We present a review of the changing state of European permafrost within a spatial zone that
includes the continuous high latitude arctic permafrost of Svalbard and the discontinuous …

Assessing the potential of soil moisture measurements for regional landslide early warning

A Wicki, P Lehmann, C Hauck, SI Seneviratne… - Landslides, 2020 - Springer
In mountainous terrain, rainfall-induced landslides pose a serious risk to people and
infrastructure. Regional landslide early warning systems (LEWS) have proven to be a cost …

[HTML][HTML] An investigation of the combined effect of rainfall and road cut on landsliding

S Pradhan, DG Toll, NJ Rosser, MJ Brain - Engineering Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
The reduction of soil suction and consequent loss of shear strength due to infiltration is
known to trigger shallow landslides during periods of concentrated rainfall. In the …

Study on the shear strength of soil–rock mixture by large scale direct shear test

X Wen-Jie, X Qiang, H Rui-Lin - … Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2011 - Elsevier
Soil–rock mixtures (S–RM) which formed in the quaternary period are a type of extremely
inhomogeneous and loose geomaterial with a certain percentage of rock blocks. They are …

Four‐dimensional imaging of moisture dynamics during landslide reactivation

S Uhlemann, J Chambers, P Wilkinson… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Landslides pose significant risks to communities and infrastructure, and mitigating these
risks relies on understanding landslide causes and triggering processes. It has been shown …

Cam-Clay plasticity. Part V: A mathematical framework for three-phase deformation and strain localization analyses of partially saturated porous media

RI Borja - Computer methods in applied mechanics and …, 2004 - Elsevier
We present a mathematical framework for deformation and strain localization analyses of
partially saturated granular media using three-phase continuum mixture theory. First, we …

Landsliding in partially saturated materials

JW Godt, RL Baum, N Lu - Geophysical research letters, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Rainfall‐induced landslides are pervasive in hillslope environments around the world and
among the most costly and deadly natural hazards. However, capturing their occurrence …

A re-examination of the mechanism and human impact of catastrophic mass flows originating on Nevado Huascarán, Cordillera Blanca, Peru in 1962 and 1970

SG Evans, NF Bishop, LF Smoll, PV Murillo… - Engineering …, 2009 - Elsevier
The 1962 and 1970 Huascarán mass movements, originated as rock/ice falls from the
mountain's North Peak, transformed into higher-volume high-velocity mud-rich debris flows …

Centrifuge modelling of rainfall-induced slope failure in variably saturated soil

S Wang, G Idinger, W Wu - Acta Geotechnica, 2021 - Springer
This paper presents the results of centrifuge tests on rainfall-induced instabilities in variably
saturated slopes. The roles of rainfall intensity and initial conditions, such as slope angle …

Research on the effect of rock content and sample size on the strength behavior of soil-rock mixture

WJ Xu, HY Zhang - Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2021 - Springer
The mechanical behaviors of soil-rock mixture (S-RM) are very complicated and significantly
affected by its rock block content and gradation composition. A systematic study was …