Article | REF: C254 V2

Slope stability - Landslides on soft ground

Author: Philippe REIFFSTECK

Publication date: November 10, 2015

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  • Philippe REIFFSTECK: Research Director - IFSTTAR, Marne-la-Vallée (France)

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Landslides are movements that affect slopes and natural hillsides. They can cause major damage to structures and buildings, with a significant economic impact, and sometimes result in casualties. They occur as a result of a natural event – heavy rainfall, bank erosion, earthquake, for example – or are the more or less direct consequence of human action, such as earthworks or deforestation. The study of landslides and the prevention of the risks they engender are the domain of applied geology and soil mechanics.

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