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Real-time Monitoring for Potential Landslides
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| Date: | 2015-04-07 01:31:41 |
| Blog: | Utah Geological Survey - blog  |
| URL: | http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/UtahGeologicalSurvey/~3/uHrmITsLbsE/ |
Summary:
landslides.usgs.gov Landslides often occur in response to heavy or prolonged rainfall. On hillsides, gravity is constantly working to pull the soil and rock downslope, and rainfall infiltrating into the ground changes the forces or stresses acting on those hillside materials. If the changes in stress are large enough to overcome the strength of the hillside […]Content analysis:
Keywords:
hillside materials, hillsides, Landslides landslides.usgs.gov Landslides, NEW ON THE WEB, prolonged rainfall, Real-time Monitoring, rock downslope
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