This report summarizes experience from geoscientific studies of the Excavation Damaged and Disturbed Zones in sedimentary rocks. The bulk of these studies have been performed as part of research programs for radioactive waste disposal in argillaceous rocks. ...

The 2004 Chuetsu earthquake (M 6.8) triggered thousands of landslides in the Miocene to Quaternary sedimentary rocks in Japan. The most common landslides were shallow disrupted landslides on steep slopes without geologic preference, but deep, coherent landslides ...

A discussion on the use of the geological strength index (GSI) for the characterisation of tectonically undisturbed but lithologically varied sedimentary rocks rock masses is presented. Two GSI charts are proposed for estimating the mechanical properties ...

This paper summarises the geological features of the Larderello-Travale and Monte Amiata areas, where the world’s most ancient exploited geothermal fields are located. In both geothermal areas, three regional tectonostratigraphic elements are distinguished, ...

<p>The distribution of Eocene-Oligocene turbidite facies in the Pindos foreland and the paleocurrent directions of submarine fan deposits, of the Peloponnesus area, document the proximal part of an underfilled foreland basin. The definition of Pindos foreland ...