Physical modelling of landslides induced by rainfall

Landslides triggered by hydraulic perturbations are initiated by a decrease in the effective stress, and hence the shear strength of the soil, as a result of the increase in pore water pressure which might occur due to either rain infiltration or exfiltration of water from the bedrock. However, several factors including the shape and hydraulic...

The magmatic system beneath Torfajökull volcano, Iceland, throughradar and seismic interferometric analysis

Torfajökull is the largest silicic volcanic centre in Iceland lying at the intersection of the rift zone (MidAtlantic Ridge) and the transform zone that connects to Reykjanes peninsula. It erupts infrequently,with only two eruptions in the last 1200 years, the latest of which was over 5 centuries ago. Yet, itsactive tectonic setting, persistent...

Advances in the Rising Bubble Technique for discharge measurement

Already in the 19th century, d’Auria described a discharge measurement technique that applies floats to find the depth-integrated velocity (d’Auria, 1882). The basis of this technique was that the horizontal distance that the float<br/>travels on its way to the surface is the image of the integrated velocity profile over depth. Viol and Semenov ...

Preliminary identification of minerals in silt- and sand-size grains on mars from phoenix om images using three-channel color photometry

Rhine Estuary Closable but Open: An integrated systems approach to floodproofing the Rhine and Meuse estuaries in the 21st century

In the spring of 2008, Delft University of Technology wrote a report for the Second Delta Committee, a body set up to advise the Dutch government and parliament on the Netherlands’ long-term flood risk policy. The Delft report included a colourful drawing of a solution for Rotterdam and the Drecht Cities, and the Delta Committee used this image...