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Determination Of Slope Displacement Mechanisms And Causes

An Approach Using New Geometric Modeling Techniques And Climate Data

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Landscape Erosion and Evolution Modeling

Abstract

Virtually every hillside composed of soil or loose rock is susceptible to mass movements. In many areas, the displacements pose no real human threat because they are imperceptibly slow or occur in remote regions. However, many slopes are in areas where displacements of soil or rock could destroy lives and property, disrupt utilities and transportation routes, create conditions for point source pollution, and disrupt the beauty of the landscape. A task of the civil engineer or engineering geologist is to assess the prospects for these displacements before they happen and to suggest methods of circumventing potential damage if movements are in progress.

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    Ronald B. Chase & Alan E. Kehew

  2. New Jersey City University, USA

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    Russell S. Harmon

  2. Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

    William W. Doe III

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Chase, R.B., Kehew, A.E., Montgomery, W.W. (2001). Determination Of Slope Displacement Mechanisms And Causes. In: Harmon, R.S., Doe, W.W. (eds) Landscape Erosion and Evolution Modeling. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0575-4_4

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