Table 3. Descriptive statistics of soil and geological characteristics from the study sites.

Properties Slow-moving landslide prone area Control area
Mean S.D. Range Mean S.D. Range
Ratio of soil particle less than 0.075 mm 35.0 17.8 13.2-86.5 31.4 18.1 9.4-85.1
Ratio of soil particle less than 0.002 mm 12.5 8.2 2.7-42.4 13.1 7.9 2.4-39.5
Wet unit weight (kN/m3) 17.21 1.07 14.60-19.07 17.65 1.12 14.40-19.80
Void ratio 0.808 0.140 0.548-1.205 0.785 0.106 0.601-1.049
Permeability (cm/s) 4.0×10−5 7.1×10−5 1.1×10−6−3.8×10−4 1.6×10−4 6.3×10−4 7.7×10−7−3.9×10−3
Cohesion (kPa) 9.2 4.0 4.1-18.0 8.2 3.9 4.0-18.3
Internal friction angle (°) 26.9 3.7 18.0-34.1 29.5 4.7 17.0-39.0
Soil layer thickness (m) 3.35 1.89 0.4-10.5 3.45 2.90 0.1-15.8
Weathered rock layer thickness (m) 3.45 2.35 0.5-15.0 7.79 5.66 1.0-32.0
Bed rock layer thickness (m) 6.67 3.48 1.3-21.0 14.15 9.62 0.5-46.0
Number of major anomaly zones 1.18 0.64 0-3 1.00 0.86 0-3