2013
DOI: 10.1680/geot.11.p.142
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A long-term field study for the investigation of rainfall-induced landslides

Abstract: A two-year monitoring experiment has been conducted on a slope in shallow weathered soils overlying sandstone bedrock in Toessegg, Switzerland. Water balance and suctions were measured, together with the meteorological inputs, in preparation for predicting environmental effects on slope stability. Electrical resistivity tomography proved particularly helpful in establishing the spatial distribution of soil layering, with clayey sand overlying silty sand and bedrock. This paper describes monitoring of the field… Show more

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“…Matsushi et al (2006) analysed rainwater infiltration and groundwater fluxes towards underlying permeable bedrock, which leads to the development of shallow landslides. Some works identified the time changes of the hydrological features of unsaturated soils, which then provoked the triggering of shallow landslides (Matsushi and Matsukura, 2007;Godt et al, 2009;Damiano et al, 2012;Springman et al, 2013). In particular, Godt et al (2009) were the first to observe the development of a shallow soil failure in unsaturated conditions linked to a rainfall event in a natural setting.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Matsushi et al (2006) analysed rainwater infiltration and groundwater fluxes towards underlying permeable bedrock, which leads to the development of shallow landslides. Some works identified the time changes of the hydrological features of unsaturated soils, which then provoked the triggering of shallow landslides (Matsushi and Matsukura, 2007;Godt et al, 2009;Damiano et al, 2012;Springman et al, 2013). In particular, Godt et al (2009) were the first to observe the development of a shallow soil failure in unsaturated conditions linked to a rainfall event in a natural setting.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some examples of in situ monitoring of water regimes in unsaturated slopes are reported in the literature (Springman et al, 2013;Cascini and Sorbino, 2002;Smethurst et al, 2006), albeit carried out on a wide range of soils and hence with non-comparable findings. In situ monitoring allows hydraulic slope behaviour to be http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.06.005 0022-1694/Ó 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Since their developments, these instruments have also found utilisation in some geotechnical problems, most commonly in the field of monitoring landslides (e.g. Bordoni et al, 2015;Cascini et al, 2014;Pirone et al, 2015;Springman et al, 2013) or changes in the soil volume due to seasonal variations of water content for the purpose of foundation design (Harris et al, 2013;Nguyen et al, 2010) and river embankments (Casagli et al, 1999).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%