Slope Stability Engineering: Developments and ApplicationsThis volume draws on the experience and extensive research of an international authorship to bring together details on slope stability, causes of landslides, landslide prevention, new techniques for assessing and predicting stability, new methods for stabilising slopes and the special considerations for coastal situations. |
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G CROSTA and P ROMANI | 19 |
Residual strength of volcanic clay D H CORNFORTH and K F FUJITANI | 23 |
Tension cracks and slope failure R N CHOWDHURY and S ZHANG | 27 |
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