Pore Water Regime in Active Earthflows and Effects on Slope Movements

Abstract

The paper presents the results of long-term monitoring of pore water pressures and displacements in some active earthflows in highly fissured tectonized clay shales in the southern Italian Apennine. The number and variety of landslide sizes and the abundance of data allowed to draw a consistent picture of the earthflow behaviour. In particular, the experimental evidences point out the different influence of piezometric regime on the kinematic features depending on the landslide’s depth.