Geo-disaster in Loess Region

Investigation for the initiation of a loess landslide based on the unsaturated permeability and strength theory

The Yanlian landslide, occurring on 21-22 October 2010, destroyed many facilities of a big oil refinery in Shaan’xi Province, China. It led to a suspending of the refinery work for a week and caused near 700 m...

Authors: Ping Li, Xingting Zhang and Hao Shi

Citation: Geoenvironmental Disasters 2015 2:24

Content type: Research Published on: 17 September 2015
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A physical model considered the effect of overland water flow on rainfall-induced shallow landslides

It is well know that many shallow landslides are triggered by rainfalls. In previous studies of shallow landslide models, the effect of overland water flow on slope stability was ignored.

Authors: Yu Luo, Si-ming He, Fang-zhu Chen, Xin-po Li and Jin-chuan He

Citation: Geoenvironmental Disasters 2015 2:8

Content type: Methodology Published on: 14 March 2015
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