Assessment of natural slopes susceptible to failure in heavy rainfall based on in-situ cone resistance data – Athapaththui (University of Sri Jayewardenepura) & Tsuchida (Hiroshima University) – Japan 2016
- Date: January 2016
- Author: A.M.R.G. Athapaththu, Takashi Tsuchida
- Year: 2016
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