Geostatistical Analysis for Mapping of Soil Properties

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Abstract

Rainfall-induced landslides are amongst the most frequent hazards in Singapore. Most of those slope instabilities occur in residual soils and are triggered by intense and long rains. In the future, rainfall-induced landslides are expected to be more frequent due to climate change. For prevention against such incidents, the knowledge about hazardous areas is required. A common tool for evaluating such areas is landslide hazard map. Normally, a combination of field and desk studies based on different geological maps are used for landslide hazard map. In Singapore a lot of researches and studies have been done on residual soils. Therefore, the characteristic of residual soil properties were used as basis for landslide hazard mapping in this study. One challenge of this approach is to transform measurements made at point locations into an output of a continuous field. Geostatistical analysis could be the solution for this problem. Geostatistics provides methods for interpolating spatial data. This study presents a possible method of geostatistical analysis for mapping of soil properties as a part of landslide hazard map.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationKnowledge Transfer in the Sustainable Rehabilitation and Risk Management of the Built Environment - KNOW-RE-BUILT. Proceedings of the Online International Multiplier Event/Conference, 2021
EditorsAncuța Rotaru
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages179-190
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783031434549
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
EventInternational Conference on Knowledge Transfer in the Sustainable Rehabilitation and Risk Management of the Built Environment, KNOW-RE-BUILT 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: Dec 15 2021Dec 16 2021

Publication series

NameSpringer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering
ISSN (Print)1866-8755
ISSN (Electronic)1866-8763

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Knowledge Transfer in the Sustainable Rehabilitation and Risk Management of the Built Environment, KNOW-RE-BUILT 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period12/15/2112/16/21

Keywords

  • Geostatistical
  • Kriging
  • Soil mapping
  • Spatial

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
  • Mechanics of Materials

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