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| § | A
Factor of Safety (FS) is a ratio of stabilizing to |
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forces that provides a relative rating |
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| of
stability across a landscape |
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| § | We
used a FS formula developed by Pack et al. |
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| (2000)
to provide a deterministic FS for all roads |
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| in the
Elliott |
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on the infinite slope stability model |
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| l | Requires
a topographic index to assess hydrology |
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