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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452791803321

Autore

Goss Christoph M

Titolo

GeoChallenges [[electronic resource] ] : Rising to the Geotechnical Challenges of Colorado

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reston, : ASCE, 2011

ISBN

0-7844-7775-2

1-4619-1934-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

Geotechnical practice publication  GeoChallenges

Altri autori (Persone)

StricklandJere A

WiltshireRichard L

Disciplina

624.1/51

Soggetti

Engineering geology -- Colorado -- Congresses

Engineering geology - Colorado

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Engineering & Applied Sciences

Civil Engineering

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Challenging Hazards""; ""Challenges for Debris-Flow Mitigation in Colorado: Helpful Ideas from Recent Research""; ""Debris-Flow Hazard Assessment and Model Validation, Medano Fire, Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Colorado""; ""Use of Rockfall Rating Systems in the Design of New Slopes""; ""Evaluation of Sinkhole at Beaver Park Dam, Colorado, Guided by Risk Analysis""; ""Nondestructive Evaluation Challenge""; ""Seismic and Electrical 3D Imaging to Aid in Landslide Remediation Design, East Fork Landslide, Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado""

""Photogrammetric Methods, Geologic Discontinuity Mapping for Spillway Modifications, Pathfinder Dam, Wyoming""""Use of Photogrammetric Measurements in a Concrete Damage Survey, Guernsey Dam South Spillway""; ""Balloon Photogrammetry along the Middle Fork, John Day River, Oregon""; ""Templeton Gap Floodway Levees, Investigation and Mitigation of Mine Subsidence""; ""Challenging Ground""; ""The Misbehavior of the Laramie Formation



Claystones""; ""Effective Use of Underdrain System in Construction on Expansive Subsoils""; ""Application of Coulomb�s Method to Reinforced Soil Structures""

""Bedrock Settlement beneath a Large Embankment Dam""""Constructing Challenges""; ""Drilled Shaft Responses under Pre-Torsion Lateral or Vertical Loads""; ""Behavior of Full Scale Energy Foundations in Denver, Colorado""; ""Geotechnical Challenges for the South Coast Water District Tunnel Rehabilitation and Sewer Pipeline Replacement Project""