TY - BOOK ID - 69981322 TI - Landslides : types, mechanisms, and modeling AU - Clague, John Joseph AU - Stead, D. PY - 2012 SN - 9781107002067 9781139549233 1139549235 9780511740367 0511740360 9781628702842 1628702842 9781139551731 1139551736 1107002060 9781283610445 1283610442 1139564064 1139887238 1139550489 9786613922892 1139555448 1139554190 PB - New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Landslide hazard analysis. KW - Slopes (Soil mechanics) KW - Landslides KW - Stability. KW - Mathematical models. KW - Soil mechanics KW - Land slides KW - Landsliding KW - Landslips KW - Slides (Landslides) KW - Mass-wasting KW - Slope stability (Soil mechanics) KW - Stability KW - Soil stabilization KW - Hazard analysis, Landslide KW - Landslide hazard assessment KW - Hazard assessment UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:69981322 AB - "Landslides have geological causes but can be triggered by natural processes (rainfall, snowmelt, erosion and earthquakes) or by human actions such as agriculture and construction. Research aimed at better understanding slope stability and failure has accelerated in recent years, accompanied by basic field research and numerical modeling of slope failure processes, mechanisms of debris movement, and landslide causes and triggers. Written by 75 world-leading researchers and practitioners, this book provides a state-of-the-art summary of landslide science. It features both field geology and engineering approaches, as well as modeling of slope failure and run-out using a variety of numerical codes. It is illustrated with international case studies integrating geological, geotechnical and remote sensing studies and includes recent slope investigations in North America, Europe and Asia. This is an essential reference for researchers and graduate students in geomorphology, engineering geology, geotechnical engineering and geophysics, as well as professionals in natural hazard analysis" ER -