The Role of Initial Soil Conditions in Shallow Landslide Triggering: Insights from Physically Based Approaches

Figure 5

(a) Placement of a 4 cm soil layer within the flume; (b) position and installation depth of the 8 sensors according to a schematic upper view of the soil slope model; (c) the soil slope model just before the beginning of a test. The lateral view allows to notice the wedge-shaped slope at the termination of soil volume.

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