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Publications tagged with [slope instability]

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<p>This report gives an overview of the issues that need to be considered in completing a risk-based approach to the management of slope instability hazards in the Port Hills. A framework and process for managing risk is described, international and New Zealand ...
Reference: GNS Science Consultancy Report 2011/319
In June 2011, the Track Fire burned 113 square kilometers (km2) in Colfax County, northeastern New Mexico, and Las Animas County, southeasternColorado, including the upper watersheds of Chicorica and Raton Creeks. The burned landscape is now at risk of damage ...
Reference: Open-File Report 2011–1257
Space borne differential synthetic aperture radar interferometry (DInSAR) has already proven its potential for mapping ground deformation phenomena, e.g. earthquakes, volcano dynamics, etc covering in continuity large areas. The innovative Persistent Scatterers ...
Reference: Proceedings of the 12th International Congress, Patras, May, 2010
The aim of the study was to apply hazard mapping methods which are used in Sweden, Norway and Canada for fine-grained soils, on the Åby test site and to evaluate the differences in-between them. In these countries the soil conditions are quite similar. During ...
Reference: 4th Canadian Conference on Geohazards : From Causes to Management, J. Locat, D. Perret, D. Turmel, D. Demers et S. Leroueil
The south west area of Cyprus has a long history of slope instability, particularly in areas of high elevation. This paper presents a case study whereby a new road was constructed in 2002 to link the villages of Nata, Pentalia and Panayia. The laying out of ...
Reference: 4th Canadian Conference on Geohazards : From Causes to Management, J. Locat, D. Perret, D. Turmel, D. Demers et S. Leroueil
The Clanwilliam Landslide, April 2nd 1999, occurred on a south facing slope above Clanwilliam Lake, approximately 13 km west of Revelstoke, B.C. The landslide is located near the western margin of the Shuswap Metamorphic Complex and a major tectonic structure ...
Reference: 4th Canadian Conference on Geohazards : From Causes to Management, J. Locat, D. Perret, D. Turmel, D. Demers et S. Leroueil
<p>This paper uses a recent case study of road embankment failure near Pentalia in southwest Cyprus to review the available tools for the analysis of slope instability. It further demonstrates how the shear strength reduction technique can be used in a finite ...
Reference: International Symposium on Stability of Rock Slopes in Open Pit Mining and Civil Engineering
Lishan slope, constituting an important part of the Huaqing Palace, is subjected to obvious deformation. The monitoring system set up by the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University (DPRI), headed by Professor K. Sassa, has revealed the instability ...
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