Experiments on seepage-triggered cliff landslides using cohesive wet sand

Abstract Unsaturated wet sand possesses capillary cohesion that is lost when it becomes saturated. Thus, it can form a cliff, but a slide may be triggered upon saturation. Here we conduct cliff landslide experiments using cohesive wet sand where the groundwater seeps in from the hydraulic head $$h_\...

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Main Authors: Fumi Shibuya, Ikuro Sumita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-08-01
Series:Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-022-00501-7