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Engineering geological characterization and assessment of complex rock slope failures in Mudurnu, Turkey
Mudurnu County, situated in northwestern Turkey, is a prominent settlement area because it is located on major trade routes (i.e., the Silk Road and...
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New insights into the catastrophic slope failures at Sau Mau **: the role of antecedent rainfall pattern
Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall events, which aggravate the threat to the safety of natural and man-made...
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Slope failures and safety index assessment of waste rock dumps in Nigeria’s major mines
Dump slope failure has become a recurring incident in Nigeria’s major mine sites while the visible signs of instability in Nigeria’s waste rock dumps...
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Analyses of Different Slope Failures along the Road Sections of West Sikkim, India using Rock Mass Classification and Kinematic Analysis Approach
Slope failures along the road sections cause huge problems every year in Sikkim. A slope instability analyses was performed along the road sections...
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The geoenvironmental factors influencing slope failures in the Majerda basin, Algerian-Tunisian border
In mountainous regions globally, landslides pose severe threats to both human lives and infrastructure, with the Mediterranean region, in particular,...
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Identification of Potential Natural Slope Failure Zones by Geomorphological Analyses Using Raster Slope Shading of LiDAR; Case Study from Kegalle, Sri Lanka
There are three approaches to defining the potential instability zonation of natural slopes. The first approach is to understand the failure...
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Slope failures during the construction stage at Musandam independent power plant, Oman
Slope instabilities present significant geotechnical problems involving a variety of geomaterials in different geological and climatic environments....
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A model test method for simulating the decrease in slope soil strength: application to an excavation slope
The numerical simulation-based strength reduction method has frequently been applied to analyze slope stability, showing that slope failure...
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Seismic slope failures: a numerical investigation by the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH)
Seismic slope failure is one of the most devastating geo-hazards, and development of rational mitigation strategy has the top priority accounting for...
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The effect of lateral thrust on the progressive slope failure under excavation and rainfall conditions
Large landslides can involve the multiple failures of regional slopes. To understand the effect of lateral thrust caused by the failure of one slope...
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Submarine slope failures due to gas hydrate dissociation and degassing along the edge of gas hydrate stability zone in the Krishna Godavari basin
Gas hydrate dissociation typically occurs due to the changes in the gas hydrate stability conditions and can act as a trigger for marine slides. The...
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A multi-method approach for slope stability assessment: a case study at Anglogold Ashanti Iduapriem Mine, Ghana
A mine slope failure could result in severe repercussions for a mining operation. This paper employs a multi-method approach to evaluate the...
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Back-analysis of the paraglacial slope failure at Grewingk Glacier and Lake, Alaska
The relationship between rock-slope failure and glacier retreat is complex, and paraglacial failures often lack clearly identified triggers. To...
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Assessment of seismic slope stability of Rangamati Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
Slope stability is an essential aspect of geotechnical engineering. Unstable slopes or stable slopes influenced by external factors may result in a...
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Morphometric analysis of the Andaman outer shelf and upper slope—Implications for the recent slope failure events
The devastating 2004 tsunamis that hit the southwestern coast of Thailand pose a serious threat to people along the coastal zone. A major aim for the...
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Numerical Modelling of Seismic Slope Stability
Earthquake ground-motions recorded worldwide have shown that many morphological and geological structures (topography, sedimentary basin) are prone...
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Numerical investigation of rainfall intensity and duration control of rainfall-induced landslide at a specific slope using slope case histories and actual rainfall records
Rainfall is a major triggering factor for landslide hazards in many regions. The relationship between rainfall characteristics and slope stability is...
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Geotechnical characteristics and seismic stability evaluation of pumice-fall deposits soil on collapse slope by the 2018 Hokkaido eastern Iburi earthquake
The September 6, 2018, earthquake in the eastern part of Hokkaido, Japan, caused extensive slope failures in Atsuma-town, Hokkaido, Japan. In this...
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Inventory Survey of Slope Failures in Sri Lanka
The most common type of landslides in Sri Lanka is shallow, rapid-moving slope failures, particularly in response to an intense, short-duration...
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Evaluating earthquake-induced widespread slope failure hazards using an AHP-GIS combination
Landslides and slope failures are often caused by earthquakes. This study proposes a method to map earthquake-induced slope failure hazards that uses...
