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jimmymcnulty / Soliflux

Demo repository featuring ibraries to handle mass wasting and other landslide-related data
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Table of contents / topics for documentation #12

Open jimmymcnulty opened 10 years ago

jimmymcnulty commented 10 years ago

Possible headings:

  1. Introduction
  2. Factors Affecting Downslope Movements
  3. Resisting Forces on Slopes
  4. Slope Stability
  5. Types of Mass Wasting

Topics for Types of Mass Wasting

  1. Creep
  2. Solifluction
  3. Rockslides
  4. Debris Slides
  5. Debris Torrents
  6. Mudflows
  7. Lahars
  8. Flows
  9. Debris Flows
  10. Earthflows
  11. Earthquake-generated slope failures
  12. Rockfalls
  13. Slump
  14. Debris Avalanches
  15. Sturzstroms
jimmymcnulty commented 10 years ago

Topics for Resisting Forces on Slopes

  1. Plasticity and elasticity
  2. Viscosity
  3. Strength of materials (shear strength, friction, effect of water)
  4. Cohesion
  5. Effective Normal Stress
  6. Measurement of Shear Strength (effect of vegetation)