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Hydrogeological conditions of bank slopes in the Three Gorges Reservoir will change greatly due to the fluctuation of water level in the reservoir, which will affect the stability of the bank slopes. The probable failure mode and mechanism of the Xietan landslide is presented using a physical model in order to test varying conditions of water level fluctuation. The result will give insight as to the failure modes and mechanisms of landslides that have engineering geological conditions similar to those of the Xietan landslide.
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We acknowledge the following foundations for providing financial support: National Natural Science Foundation of China grant no. 50679037; the Pilot Project of Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences grant no. KJCX2-YW-L01; the Special Research Project on Prevent technologies of high-cut slopes in Reservoir Area of Three Gorges; National Natural Science Foundation of China grant no. 50809036; Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation grant no. 2005ABA295; and Science Foundation of China Three Gorges University grant no. 2004C03.
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Zhang, Z., Luo, X., Wu, J. (2009). Study on the Possible Failure Mode and Mechanism of the Xietan Landslide When Exposed to Water Level Fluctuation. In: Wang, F., Li, T. (eds) Landslide Disaster Mitigation in Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Environmental Science and Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00132-1_16
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