A distributed slope stability model for steep forested basins

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Title: A distributed slope stability model for steep forested basins
Author/Creator: Weimin, W | Sidle, Roy C
Description: A distributed, physically based slope stability model (dSLAM), based on an infinite slope model, a kinematic wave groundwater model, and a continuous change vegetation root strength model, is presented. The model is designed to analyze rapid, shallow landslides and the spatial distribution of safety factor (FS) in steep, forested areas. The dSLAM model was applied in a steep, forested drainage of Cedar Creek in the Oregon Coast Ranges using actual spatial patterns of timber harvesting and measured rainfall during a major storm which triggered widespread landslides in that area in 1975. The values attained agreed closely with field measurements following the 1975 storm. The simulations show that the spatial distribution of FS is controlled mainly by topography and timber-harvesting patterns and is greatly affected by groundwater flow patterns during major rainstorms. -from Authors
Relation: Water Resources Research / Vol. 31, No. 8, pp.2097-2110
Relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/95WR01136
Year: 1995
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc.
Subject: FoR 0905 (Civil Engineering) | FoR 0907 (Environmental Engineering) | FoR 1402 (Applied Economics) | distributed slope stability

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