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Application of Borehole Radar for Monitoring Steam-Enhanced Remediation of a Contaminated Site in Fractured Limestone, Maine, USA
Steam-enhanced remediation (SER) has been successfully tested in porous media to remove DNAPL and LNAPL contaminants. This paper focuses on the use...
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The Belgian High-Speed Railway Soumagne Tunnel Project
This paper aims at explaining the general context in which this 6.5 km single tube tunnel was planned, designed and is today under construction with...
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Determination of the Failure Surface Geometry in Quick Slides Using Balanced Cross Section Techniques - Application to Aznalcóllar Tailings Dam Failure
In a landslide investigation, the location of the failure surface is a difficult task when measures of subsurface displacement are lacking, as it...
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Tunnelling Problems in Older Sand Formations
In its deepest stretch, 60 m below o.d. and water level, the Westerschelde tunnel trace below the estuary in the Southwestern part of the...
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Stability and Serviceability of a Gas Pipeline at the Base of a Steep Cree** Slope
The disposals of potash mining are stored on huge heaps with heights up to 200 m and a ground view of more than a square kilometre. The material...
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Assessment of Rock Slope Stability in Limestone Quarries in the Tournai’s Region (Belgium) Using Structural Data
The Tournai’s region is characterised by famous outcrops of carboniferous limestone which is mined out for cement and raw material production. The...
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National Environmental Monitoring of the Slovak Republic - Part Geological Hazards
The Concept of the National Environmental Monitoring of the Slovak Republic defines the environmental monitoring as a systematic, spatially and...
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Aggregate Research in Support of European Standardisation
The first generation of harmonized European standards for aggregates is almost complete. Product standards and test methods exist for all areas...
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Geotechnical Characterization and Stability of a Slope in the Marnoso-Arenacea Formation for the Realization of an Underground Car Park in Urbino (Italy)
The plan of an underground car park located near the historical centre of Urbino town, has required characterizing the Marnoso-Arenacea Formation...
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The Necessity of Combining Geologists and Engineers for Fieldwork in the Practice of Geotechnics
This paper reviews the post-graduate training that can only be accomplished by having engineers and geologists working together in the field. It...
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Geological-Technical and Geo-engineering Aspects of Dimensional Stone Underground Quarrying
Underground exploitation of dimensional stones is not a novelty, being long since practised, as proved by a number of historical documents and by a...
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Seismic and Flood Risk Evaluation in Spain from Historical Data
Floods and earthquakes are two of the natural processes that cause in Spain economic and social losses, with major effects on the first ones. In...
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Problems in Defining the Criteria for an Earthquake Hazard Map - A Case Study: The City of Haifa, Northern Israel
This paper deals with the problems of defining the criteria for an earthquake hazard map in the city of Haifa, Israel - an area where an active...
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Management of Combined Natural Risks - A New Approach
A new attempt is made to illustrate and to quantify the relationships of individual natural hazards, their combinations and the human vulnerability...
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Technique of Quantitative Assessment of Karst Risk on the Local and Regional Levels
Meaning of terms “karst hazard” and “karst risk” is discussed. Quantitative measures of considered risk at any level of forecast assessment are the...
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Geo-engineering Evaluation with Prime Consideration to Liquefaction Potential for Eskisehir City (Turkey)
In Turkey, cities are growing in importance and urban areas are expanding rapidly. Eskisehir is one of the highly urbanized and industrialized cities...
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Feasibility Studies and Design of High-Speed Railway (TGV) Projects in Portugal
Portugal is starting a large program of high-speed train routes connecting the main cities in the country and these cities to central Europe...
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Obstacle Investigation RandstadRail in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
RandstadRail is a light rail project connecting the cities of Rotterdam, The Hague, and Zoetermeer in The Netherlands. Part of the project is the...
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Effect of Pore Fluid Salinity on Compressibility and Shear Strength Development of Clayey Soils
Investigations of shear strength, compressibility and moisture content of a recent marine clay in the Caspian Sea showed soil profiles with a lower...
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Modelling of Landslide-Triggering Factors - A Case Study in the Northern Apennines, Italy
The paper describes a study which was conducted on a landslide-prone slope of the Northern Apennines (Italy). The slope, which dominantly consists of...