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GEOTECHNIQUE
Volume 63, Issue 14, Pages 1177-1193Publisher
ICE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1680/geot.11.P.142
Keywords
field instrumentation; geophysics; monitoring; numerical modelling; partial saturation; slopes
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- Network for Natural Hazards at ETH Zurich (HazNETH)
- Competence Centre for Environmental Sustainability within the framework of the TRAMM project (Triggering of Rapid Mass Movements)
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A two-year monitoring experiment has been conducted on a slope in shallow weathered soils overlying sandstone bedrock in Toessegg, Switzerland. Water balance and suctions were measured, together with the meteorological inputs, in preparation for predicting environmental effects on slope stability. Electrical resistivity tomography proved particularly helpful in establishing the spatial distribution of soil layering, with clayey sand overlying silty sand and bedrock. This paper describes monitoring of the field measurements, and shows that the double layer causes a bi-seasonal response, with the smallest 'factor of safety' after the wetter winter months.
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