Rainfall-induced flow landslides in coarse-grained soils pose significant threats to
populations and structures due to their high velocities, long travel distance and the absence …

The shallow deposits of unsaturated pyroclastic soils covering the slopes in the Campania
region (southern Italy) are systematically affected by various rainfall-induced slope …

In the last 15 years, a series of catastrophic flowslides involving pyroclastic unsaturated soils
has caused severe damage and a number of fatalities in the Campania region (southern …

Landslides are mainly triggered by decrease in the matric suction with deepening the
wetting band by rainfall infiltrations. This paper reports rainfall-induced landslides in partially …

Many mountainous areas in Campania, southern Italy, are characterized by steep slopes
covered by unsaturated volcanic deposits. Shallow landslides are frequently triggered by …

Flowslides in granular soils pose a major threat to life and the environment. Their initiation in
unsaturated soils is regulated by rainfall infiltration which reduces the matric suction and …

Many mountainous areas in Campania, Southern Italy, are characterized by steep slopes
covered by loose unsaturated pyroclastic deposits laying upon fractured limestone bedrock …

Rainwater infiltration is the mechanism that leads or predisposes unsaturated pyroclastic
slopes to failure by reducing matric suction and hence reducing the shear strength …

An experimental investigation into the hydro-mechanical behaviour of a pyroclastic silty
sand was carried out in the framework of a research project on flowslides in pyroclastic soils …

The triggering mechanism of debris flows and mudflows involving unsaturated soils has
been extensively covered in the literature. It is associated with heavy rainfalls occurring …