Slopes site monitoring systems for early alert and predictive of vertical and horizontal displacements.

Careful monitoring and examination of slopes for failure warning signs is critical for protecting people and / or facilities down slope. The type of instruments selected for any monitoring program will depend upon the geology of the soil or rock mass and the problems to be monitored but may include, Piezometers for monitoring groundwater parameters, Inclinometers to locate and monitor acceleration (or deceleration) of shear zones and Rain Gages to monitor the precipitation.