Factors influencing development of cracking–sliding failures of loess across the eastern Huangtu Plateau of China
Loess is a porous, weakly cemented, and unsaturated Quaternary sediment deposited by the wind in arid and semiarid regions. Loess is widely and thickly distributed in China, making the Huangtu Plateau the largest bulk accumulation of loess on Earth. However, the fragile geoenvironment in the loe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2018-04-01
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| Series: | Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/18/1223/2018/nhess-18-1223-2018.pdf |