<p>The sixth edition of the &ldquo;Manual for Erosion and Sediment Control in Georgia&rdquo; has been revised with a focus on performance standards. Implementation of newly researched practices has been incorporated to expand on the traditional erosion and ...

<p>This study was carried out in selected districts of Mashonaland, East and Central provinces of Zimbabwe in 2011 to determine the environmental impacts of earth dam failures and spillway malfunctions with regards to soil erosion. A total of 14 earth dams ...

This chapter presents the main abrasive effects observed in concrete hydraulic surfaces of dams of hydroelectric power plant (HPP). These types of hydraulic structures are subject to solicitations for dynamics order due to water flow at high speed usually ...

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 ...

Landslide Brus was occurred in April 2005, near Brus village in Istria, Croatia. Landslide is typical block sliding and landslide body consists of practically unique flysch rock mass block, 150 m long and 35 m wide. Sliding was occurred momentary, without ...

<p>In general, the activities of harbour district, coastal construction and re-transportation of tide and current are all possible to influence the stability of research area and sediment environment in nearshore area. It indicates that status of deposit property ...

Block Cave mining is one method used to extract ore from underground diamond mines as well as other massive orebodies such as copper. This necessitates the excavation of many kilometers of tunnel within the ore body. The integrity of these excavations needs ...

This guide presents a strategy and information to assist professional judgment in developing cost-effective erosion control treatments for conditions commonly encountered on USDA Forest Service lands. This guide focuses on erosion control treatment and does ...

This dissertation discusses the evolution of mountains, particularly the interaction between uplift, which is controlled by horizontally-directed plate tectonic and vertically directed isostatic forces, and erosion, which encompasses glacial, periglacial, ...

The importance of soil protection is internationally recognised as soils are vital non-renewable resources that are increasingly under pressure. This study aims to develop a monitoring system for Alpine soils based on soil-landscape relationships and geomorphological ...