Papers

Combined penetrometer-moisture probe for measuring water content distribution in hillslope

Ken'ichirou KOSUGI, Daizo TSUTSUMI, Takahisa MIZUYAMA and Shuzo HASEGAWA ---3

GIS-based semi-distributed sediment discharge model with a focus on the influence of land use in the Shangshe catchment

Zhuang Jiayao, Nakamura Hiroyuki, Zhang Jingchi, Shiraki Katsushige, Chengpeng and Fujun ---14

Technical Reports

Shallow failure of ridge in the Chiu-chiu-feng area of Taiwan induced by the Chi-chi earthquake and its factors

Setsuo HAYASHI, Kanji KONDO, Hiroshi KAWABE, Shinya NUMAMOTO, Atsushi AIHARA, Wen-Neng WANG, Hisao HUJITA and Yoshiharu ISHIKAWA ---23

Conversion of existing closed-type dam into open-type dam and its effects on structuarl stability

Takeshi NODA, Hiroshi IKEYA and Johji SHIMA ---33

Reconnaissance of the gigantic landslide occurred on Mt. Bawakaraeng in the south Sulawesi state of Indonesia and unstable debris sedimentation (prompt report)

Satoshi TSUCHIYA, Syozo KOGA, Katsuo SASAHARA, Munehiro MATSUI, Mitsuo NAKAHIRO, Humito WATANABE, Hironao SHIMA and Kazuhisa YOSHIDA ---40

Sediment related disasters caused by heavy rainfalls in Niigata, Fukui and Tokushima in July and August 2004(prompt report)

Tomoyuki NORO, Hideaki MIZUNO, Taro UCHIDA, Takao YAMAKOSHI, Haruo NISHIMOTO, Kazunori FUJISAWA, Hideki TANAKA, Kazuya AKIYAMA and Shinichi KOJIMA ---47

Debris disasters caused by local heavy rainfall in Niigata area in July 2004 (prompt report)

Hideaki MARUI, Naoki WATANABE, Hiroshi KAWABE, Yutaka GONDA, Michiya IRASAWA, Katsuo SASAHARA, Yoshimitsu NAKAMURA and Yuji YASUDA ---53