Articles | Volume 27, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1667-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-1667-2023
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20 Apr 2023
Research article |  | 20 Apr 2023

Elucidating the role of soil hydraulic properties on aspect-dependent landslide initiation

Yanglin Guo and Chao Ma

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In a localized area with the same vegetation, an overwhelming propensity of shallow landslides on the south-facing slope over the north-facing slope could not be attributed to plant roots. We provide new evidence from the pore water pressure of failing mass, unsaturated hydraulic conductivity, water storage, and drainage and the hillslope stability fluctuation to prove that the infinite slope model may be suitable for elucidating the aspect-dependent landslide distribution in the study area.
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