Landslides in Sensitive Clays : From Research to Implementation / / edited by Vikas Thakur, Jean-Sébastien L'Heureux, Ariane Locat |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIX, 603 p. 287 illus., 228 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 551.307 |
Collana | Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research |
Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters
Environmental sciences Geology Natural Hazards Environmental Science and Engineering |
ISBN | 3-319-56487-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Landslide in sensitive clays: From Research to Implementation -- Part I: Characterization and behavior of sensitive clays -- Sensitive clays of Eastern Canada: from geology to slope stability -- Chemistry: An Essential Key to Understanding High-Sensitivity and Quick Clays and to Ad-dressing Landslide risk -- Improving the post-failure properties in quick clays by treatment with potassium chloride -- CPTU classification diagrams for identification of sensitive clays -- Relationships between shear wave velocity and geotechnical parameters for Norwegian and Swedish sensitive clays -- Geophysical and geotechnical characterization of a sensitive clay deposit in Brownsburg, Quebec -- Investigating how the changes in geotechnical properties of sensitive clays influence their geophysical properties -- Determination of Remoulding Energy of Sensitive Clays -- Problems related to field vane testing in soft soil conditions and improved reliability of measurements using an innovative field vane device -- A new laboratory procedure to study stress relief in soil samples -- Sample disturbance in deep clay samples -- Effects of sample disturbance in the determination of soil parameters for advanced finite element modelling of sensitive clays -- Viscometric tests of sensitive clay from Byneset, Norway, and fit to the Herschel–Bulkley model -- Dynamic properties of a sensitive clay deposit -- Part II: Pre-failure and failure stages -- The role of instability and shear band localisation in triggering landslides in sensitive clays -- Vibratory roller influence zone near slopes with vibration susceptible soils -- Bayesian updating of uncertainties in the stability analysis of natural slopes in sensitive clays -- Potential Landsliding at the North Spur, Churchill River Valley -- Correction factors for undrained LE analyses of sensitive clays -- Advances in determining Δu and su for Limit Equilibrium analyses -- Recommended practice for the use of strength anisotropy factors in stability calculations -- On the benefits of incorporating anisotropy in stability analyses in sensitive clays -- Development and application of a regional slope stability assessment screening tool -- Part III: Post-failure stage -- The use of LiDAR airborne data for retrogressive landslides inventory in sensitive clays, Québec, Canada -- Runout of landslides in sensitive clays -- Parametric analysis of the mobility of debris from flow slides in sensitive clays -- Mapping quick clay hazard zones: Comparison of methods for the estimation of the retrogression distance -- Modelling of the quickness test of sensitive clays using the generalized interpolation material point method -- Back-calculation of the Byneset flow slide using the Voellmy rheology -- Effect of strain softening behaviours on run-out distance of a sensitive clay landslide -- Part IV: Case records, slides in sensitive sediments including offshore and nearshore slides -- The 1908 disaster of Notre-Dame-de-la-Salette, Québec, Canada: analysis of the landslide and tsunami -- Fv. 287 Strandgata – Kjøreplass bru. Road construction in quick clay -- Case study: Characterization of a thick sensitive clay deposit in the St. Lawrence River valley, slope stability analysis and preliminary assessment of permanent deformations -- Revisiting the 1959 quick clay landslide at Sokkelvik, Norway -- Geotechnical evaluation of a quick clay area in Trondheim, Norway -- Saguenay risk management -- Part V: Sensitive clays mapping and identification -- Development of a methodology for quick clay mapping -- Helicopter electromagnetic scanning as a first step in regional quick clay mapping -- Developments in mapping and web presentation of fjord-marine deposit distributions for quick-clay related work in Norway -- Analysis of ground geophysical, airborne TEM, and geotechnical data for mapping quick clays in Sweden -- Investigation of a sensitive clay landslide area using frequency domain helicopter-borne and ground geophysical methods -- The Norwegian National Database for Ground investigations (NADAG) - a tool to assist in landslide hazard zonation and other quick-clay related issues -- Future strategy for soil investigations in quick clay areas -- Part VI: Hazard assessment and risk management -- Reliability of slopes in sensitive clays -- Natural hazards in a changing climate in Norway -- Development of a long term monitoring network of sensitive clay slopes in Québec in the context of climate change -- Practicing hazard mitigation strategies for a construction on a sensitive clay slope -- Mapping of landslide risks in a changing climate – Development of simplified methodology -- Quick-clay hazard mapping in Norway -- Author index -- Subject index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254001603321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
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Landslides in Sensitive Clays : From Geosciences to Risk Management / / edited by Jean-Sébastien L'Heureux, Ariane Locat, Serge Leroueil, Denis Demers, Jacques Locat |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
Disciplina |
551.307
624.1/51 |
Collana | Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research |
Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters
Environmental sciences Geotechnical engineering Geology Natural Hazards Environmental Science and Engineering Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences |
ISBN | 94-007-7079-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Sensitive clay: source, nature and development -- Part II: Landslide characterization -- Part III: Integrated geotechnical and geophysical site investigations -- Part IV: Slope stability, modelling and progressive failure -- Part V: Hazard assessment, risk management, regulations and policies. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298389503321 |
Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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