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highly dependent on the rate of rainfall
for high rainfall events.
The quantitative results consis-
tency and adherence to fundamental
theories in saturated and unsaturated
soil mechanics is compelling. The
premise to instigate a new technique
to predict surface runoff based on
simple measurable soil properties
and rainfall data, or by the very least
improve existing strategies is valid.
Additional research to formulate such
technique employing laboratory data
and numerical simulations is currently
underway.
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Ahlam Abdulnabi, MEng.
University of Alberta Geotechnical
Centre
PhD Candidate, Civil & Environ-
mental Engineering, University of
Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
This article was just presented
to the Geotechncial Society
of Edmonton. The Author was
chosen as the Recipient for the
2015 Morgenstern Award by the
GSE.
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