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REVIEW ARTICLE:
L.J. Donnelly
A review of coal mining induced fault reactivation in Great Britain
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Feb 2006; 39: 5 - 50.
*......review of coal mining induced fault reactivation in Great Britain L.J. Donnelly...DonnellyLJ@Halcrow.com) Fault reactivation has been observed at several...cables). Disputed cases of fault reactivation have resulted in lands tribunals......
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REGULAR ARTICLE:
L. J. Donnelly and J. G. Rees
Tectonic and mining induced fault reactivation around Barlaston on the Midlands Microcraton, North Staffordshire, UK
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, May 2001; 34: 195 - 214.
*......Tectonic and mining induced fault reactivation around Barlaston on the Midlands...Barlaston area, mining-induced fault reactivation has caused extensive deformation...civil-engineered structures. Fault reactivation has directly impacted on local......
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
L.J. Donnelly, M.G. Culshaw and F.G. Bell
Longwall mining-induced fault reactivation and delayed subsidence ground movement in British coalfields
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Aug 2008; 41: 301 - 314.
*......Article Longwall mining-induced fault reactivation and delayed subsidence ground...150years. Subsidence-induced fault reactivation may cause moderate to severe...in a better understanding of fault reactivation mechanisms and of the various......
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RESEARCH ARTICLE:
L.J. Donnelly
A review of international cases of fault reactivation during mining subsidence and fluid abstraction
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 1 February 2009; 42: 73 - 94.
*......review of international cases of fault reactivation during mining subsidence and...Handforth SK9 3FB, UK Fault reactivation, during coal mining subsidence...demonstrate that mining-induced fault reactivation does not exist only in Britain......
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PHOTOGRAPHIC FEATURE:
B. O. Skipp
Faults near Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, May 1988; 21: 111.
*......of the north-west trending fault on reactivation of the east-west trending...of the north-west trending fault on reactivation of the east-west trending...of the north-west trending fault on reactivation of the east-west trending......
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
L.J. Donnelly
Subsidence and associated ground movements on the Pennines, northern England
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Aug 2008; 41: 315 - 332.
*......subsequently resulting in fissuring, fault reactivation, tilting and subsidence. The...represent phases of tectonic fault reactivation, and not the last phase of...valley sides, accompanied by fault reactivation, fissuring and lateral spreading......
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ARTICLE:
J. C. Gutmanis, E. A Hailwood, R. H. Maddock and C. Vita-Finzi
The use of dating techniques to constrain the age of fault activity: a case history from north Somerset, United Kingdom
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, November 1991; 24: 363 - 374.
*......Watchet42othelstone-Hatch Fault. generally revealed...nature and that reactivation of the thrust caused...regional tilt. Fault reactivation may also have occurred...the Hinkley Point Fault in the trench...with possible reactivation of some structures......
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REGULAR ARTICLE:
L.J. Donnelly, K.J, Northmore and H.J. Siddle
Block movements in the Pennines and South Wales and their association with landslides
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Feb 2002; 35: 33 - 39.
*......scarps, possibly due to reactivation along existing fault planes. Valley bottom and...K. Jermy, C.N. 2000a. Fault Reactivation in the Vicinity of Landslides...Donnelly, L.J. , 2000d. Fault reactivation induced by mining in the......
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SECTION 2: STANDARDS AND PRACTICES:
D. Beamish, D. Clasen, P. G. Greenwood and R. J. Peart
Novel regularized inversion of VLF(R) data and coincident radar sections over a probable fault affecting Carboniferous sedimentary rocks in the Saar region, Germany
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 1997; 12: 45 - 52.
*......almost coincident with a projected fault plane. Reconnaissance VLF(R...displacements of their subcrop; hence the fault zones may be detected both directly...approxi- mately 270 m depth, caused reactivation of the Hahnwies Fault with severe damage to a house......
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SESSION 3B TEMPERATE PROCESSES AND DEPOSITS:
P. S. Ringrose, P. Hancock, C. Fenton and C. A. Davenport
Quaternary tectonic activity in Scotland
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 1991; 7: 679 - 686.
*......Sibson, R.H. 1985. A note on fault reactivation. J. Struct. Geol, 7 , 751-754...The conditions necessary for fault reactivation in a given stress field are...SIBSON, R.H. 1985. A note on fault reactivation. J. Struct. Geol., 7, 751-4......
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REGULAR ARTICLE:
F. Santaloia, F. Cotecchia and M. Polemio
Mechanics of a tectonized soil slope: influence of boundary conditions and rainfall
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, May 2001; 34: 165 - 185.
*......Vadoncello landslide, is a reactivation and enlargement of a previous...stratigraphic contact; 7, fault; 8, crowns of landslides...has been assumed to be the reactivation of a pre-existing landslide...bordered to the left by a fault, at the edge of the debris......
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RESEARCH ARTICLE:
N.S. Robins, J. Davies and S. Dumpleton
Groundwater flow in the South Wales coalfield: historical data informing 3D modelling
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 1 November 2008; 41: 477 - 486.
*......Donnelly, L.J. 2006. A review of coal mining induced fault reactivation in Great Britain, Quarterly Journal of Engineering...L.J. 2009. A review of international cases of fault reactivation during mining subsidence and fluid abstraction......
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THE GEOLOGY AND HYDROGEOLOGY OF THE SELLAFIELD AREA:
Uisdean Michie
The geological framework of the Sellafield area and its relationship to hydrogeology
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, May 1996; 29: S13 - S27.
*......area, the ENE-trending Eskdale Fault stands out as a major continuous...penetrative, slaty cleavage. The fault pattern within the area of...the Permo-Triassic indicating reactivation of earlier structures. Reverse...Hall FaultZone Sl=Z = Semc=le Fault Zone LDIIFZ- LaE~ e'*kl~lt......
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SESSION 9: GROUND MOVEMENTS DUE TO THE ABSTRACTION OR INJECTION OF FLUIDS:
F. G. Bell
Subsidence associated with the abstraction of fluids
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 1988; 5: 363 - 376.
*......and downthrown sides with the fault remaining in a zone of minimal...from a passive to an active fault condition. Accordingly fluid production brought about the reactivation of faults. In southern Arizona...this context is the Picacho fault in Arizona. Faulting near Picacho......
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SESSION 1: INTRODUCTION:
R. J. Firman and M. A. Lovell
The geology of the Nottingham region: A review of some engineering and environmental aspects
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 1988; 5: 33 - 51.
*......usually resulted from natural subsidence, reactivation of Pleistocene landslips or collapse of...in limestone and dolomite quarrying the fault zones are now usually sufficiently well...Derbyshire 1983). Further- more, through no fault of the authors, Davis & Chan- dler's......
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ARTICLE:
R. M. Carruthers, D. Greenbaum, R. J. Peart and R. Herbert
Geophysical investigations of photolineaments in southeast Zimbabwe
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, November 1991; 24: 437 - 451.
*......only occasionally show evidence of fault displacement and seldom if ever...history of tectonism during which fault reactivation under different stress conditions...Publication, 3, 59-67. PRICE, N. J. 1966. Fault and Joint Development. Pergamon......
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
M.G. Shepley, A.D. Pearson, G.D. Smith and C.J. Banton
The impacts of coal mining subsidence on groundwater resources management of the East Midlands Permo-Triassic Sandstone aquifer, England
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Aug 2008; 41: 425 - 438.
*......coalfield where these fissures have been associated with fault reactivation. The next section reviews the evidence for changes...Donnelly, L.J. , 2006. A review of coal mining induced fault reactivation in Great Britain. Quarterly Journal of Engineering......
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
A.H. Cooper
The classification, recording, databasing and use of information about building damage caused by subsidence and landslides
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Aug 2008; 41: 409 - 424.
*......relative displacement. The houses that were demolished were left on the subsidence step and could not be repaired. Fault reactivation in mining areas is also a cause of subsidence damage or distortion of the ground, commonly resulting in the formation......
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BOOK REVIEW:
Mike Rosenbaum
Urban Geology in Wales by Douglas Nichol, Michael G Bassett & Valerie K Deisler. National Museum & Galleries of Wales, Geological Series No. 23, 2004, £18 softback 256pp. ISBN: 0 7200 0549 3.
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, May 2005; 38: 223 - 224.
*......soils is astonishingly brief. The karstic solution that affected the M4 construction, problems of shrink-swell, and fault reactivation could all have been usefully included, and some discussion of seismicity would have been welcome, both natural......
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
L.J. Donnelly
Engineering geology of landslides on the volcanic island of Montserrat, West Indies
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Aug 2007; 40: 267 - 292.
*......of first time slope failures and the reactivation of older, more degraded landslides...develop annually, and may cause the reactivation of older slope failures. Earthquakes...roads can undercut slopes and cause the reactivation of historical landslides and the first......
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ARTICLE:
T. P. Gostelow, M. Del Prete and A. Simoni
Slope instability in historic hilltop towns of Basilicata, southern Italy
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, February 1997; 30: 3 - 26.
*......hilltop towns in Basilicata. A historical survey of reactivations in colluvial deposits at selected sitesin the region...hilltop towns in Basilicata. A historical survey of reactivations in colluvial deposits at selected sites in the region......
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ARTICLE:
B. W. Conway, D. M. McCann, M. Sarginson and R. A. Floyd
A geophysical survey of the Crouch/Roach river system in south Essex with special reference to buried channels
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, August 1984; 17: 269 - 282.
*......the reflecting horizons and the apparent fault discon- tinuities present. The reflections...which might indicate an association with reactivation of older basement structures, (Lake et al. 1975). The fault zones are probably more correctly termed......
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SESSION 3B TEMPERATE PROCESSES AND DEPOSITS:
Discussion of Session 3b
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 1991; 7: 701 - 712.
*......fact the Kinloch Hourn fault, in the north-west Highlands...surface expression of this fault continues straight across...ancient, Caledonian basement fault, trending north-north-west; however, despite its age, reactivation during the Quaternary Period......
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REGULAR ARTICLE:
D. Brunsden
Geomorphological roulette for engineers and planners: some insights into an old game
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, May 2002; 35: 101 - 142.
*......structural control especially the fault lines that cross the area...options. A range of landslide reactivation scenarios were identified...by the project, the likely reactivation sequences, accurate knowledge...upslope units); each phase of reactivation is also promoted by the occurrence......
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REGULAR ARTICLE:
J. N. Hutchinson
The Fourth Glossop Lecture: Reading the Ground: Morphology and Geology in Site Appraisal
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Feb 2001; 34: 7 - 50.
*......follows a NE trending normal fault Siddle 2000. These three faults...U-shaped valley following the Bala fault in north Wales and the rock...terraces, marine erosion including reactivation of coastal landslides, glacial...valleys, often exploiting major fault lines. Rockfalls then commonly......
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SESSION 2 PERIGLACIAL AND SLOPE PROCESSES:
J. N. Hutchinson
Theme lecture: Periglacial and slope processes
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 1991; 7: 283 - 331.
*......the development of dip-and-fault structures between camber blocks...and possibly V, but dip-and-fault movements affecting the Inferior...camber blocks. The dip-and-fault structure, typically associated...Wolsto- nian. Thus, significant reactivation of cambers and valley bulges......
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ENGINEERING IMPLICATIONS OF EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES:
S. Penn, C. J. Royce and C. J. Evans
The periglacial modification of the Lincoln scarp
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, November 1983; 16: 309 - 318.
*......could be caused by a small fault; extrapolation of the trend...lateral continua- tion, a small fault crosses the scarp face on...involved the development and reactivation of perigla- cial material...and is still susceptible to reactivation. Moreover, complex earlier......
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R.N. Mortimore, J. Lawrence, D. Pope, A. Duperret and A. Genter
Coastal cliff geohazards in weak rock: the UK Chalk cliffs of Sussex
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 2004; 20: 3 - 31.
*......failures are common (Fig. 12). A conspicuous fault with a 10m displacement and intense fracture...strata and the pres- ence of the Jevington Fault brings Lewes Nodular Chalk Formation into...Ancient rotational landslips Possible reactivation Small-scale spalling and local collapse......
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ARTICLE:
R. J. Aldrick
The hydrogeology of the Magnesian Limestones in Yorkshire between the River Wharfe and the River Aire
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, May 1978; 11: 193 - 201.
*......WSW to ENE. similar to the fault pattern in the underlying Coal...ESE. Many of the faults are a reactivation of earlier Carboniferous faults...Pontefract- Knottingley trough fault. Limestones observed in quarry...in a quarry on the Bramham fault (SE 426436). The Magnesian......
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
J. Hart, G. Hearn and C. Chant
Engineering on the precipice: mountain road rehabilitation in the Philippines
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Aug 2002; 35: 223 - 231.
*......Fig. 8). The potential for reactivation of this failure, and thus...with the locations where fault zones, some of which contained considerable fault gouge, intersected the alignment...Tectonic setting and active fault zone Fig. 4 General......
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SESSION 3B TEMPERATE PROCESSES AND DEPOSITS:
S. Okusa, N. Takahama and Y. Fujita
Landslide history in a Tertiary sedimentary basin in the Quaternary in Japan
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 1991; 7: 671 - 677.
*......Japan by a large tectonic fault called the "Itoigawa-Shizuoka...in one tectonic block. The reactivation of upheavals and block movements...ancient landslides due to reactivation of colluvial debris and blocks...landslides have occurred as a reactivation of the slip surfaces and......
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SECTION 3: SLOPE STABILITY HAZARDS:
P. J. Jennings and H. J. Siddle
Use of landslide inventory data to define the spatial location of landslide sites, South Wales, UK
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 1998; 15: 199 - 211.
*......sets following the major fault swarms. Within the Rhondda...slope weathering processes. Reactivation of relict solifluction shear...landslide hazard is from reactivation of pre- existing failures...toe) could result in its reactivation. The likelihood of this happening......
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R. Tonkin
Hydrogeological investigation of a proposed waste disposal site at Nant Y Gwyddon, South Wales
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 1986; 3: 187 - 196.
*......catchment west of the Dinas Fault is assumed to constitute the...flows may in fact traverse the fault and pass beneath much of Llwynypia...active instability and potential reactivation of dormant areas. This investigation...extensive upland catchment beyond a fault zone to the west. Adoption......
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SESSION 2B PERIGLACIAL AND SLOPE PROCESSES: ENGINEERING IMPLICATIONS:
D. J. Petley
Report on Session 2b
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 1991; 7: 409 - 414.
*......buried channel Reverse fault associated with valley bulging...remedial measures possible reactivation of fossil slides by inadvertent slope engineering possible reactivation of low- angle flows by inadvertent...limiting equilibrium, and reactivation by man, or by extreme climatic......
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REGULAR ARTICLE:
S. Dumpleton, N. S. Robins, J. A. Walker and P. D. Merrin
Mine water rebound in South Nottinghamshire: risk evaluation using 3-D visualization and predictive modelling
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Aug 2001; 34: 307 - 319.
*......prevent groundwater flow between adjacent fault blocks. Local folding tends to open joints...points or seam contours on each side of the fault. This may be revealed by a temporary apparent...of the Mansfield-Hardstoft anticline, is fault-bounded along much of its length. Workings......
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SECTION 2: VOLCANIC AND SEISMIC GEOHAZARDS:
W. J. McGuire
Volcanic hazards and their mitigation
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 1998; 15: 79 - 95.
*......annual centimetric rates of movement along a number of active fault strands which cross the heavily populated eastern flank. These...of tracing the movement and accumula- tion of magma during reactivation of a volcano, and of forecasting the onset of the succeeding......
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ARTICLE:
M. Hovland
The formation of pockmarks and their potential influence on offshore construction
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, May 1989; 22: 131 - 138.
*......likely to be the result of gas or water venting from the shallow or deep subsurface. Until their origin and the possibility of reactivation can be accurately defined, pockmarked areas must be considered a geologic hazard requiring special design con- siderations......
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ARTICLE:
Bruce Denness, Bernard Walford Conway, David Michael McCann and Peter Grainger
Investigation of a coastal landslip at Charmouth, Dorset
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, May 1975; 8: 119 - 140.
*......Boulder arc 290--T--T--Tension crack ~ , , , Fault D;rection of cl;ff recession Alluvium...tracks of these flows appear to follow fault planes (visible in the cliff face) and...The local instability is associated with reactivation of fossil mudflows which overlie the Lias......
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ARTICLE:
Frederick William Sherrell
The Nag's Head Landslips, Cullompton By-Pass, Devon
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, January 1971; 4: 37 - 73.
*......case. It can be seen that both the fault (Fig. 3) and the slip scarp dislocations...critical one and thus prevent the reactivation of the 'Main' Landslip. Although...occurs via the landslip boundary or fault fissures. The groundwater configuration......
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Ian Elliot Higginbottom and Peter George Fookes
Engineering aspects of periglacial features in Britain
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, December 1970; 3: 85 - 117.
*......spaced jointing (Plate 17). Many normal fault planes and joints occur, inclined to the...1 m (4 in). The dip of the chalk in the fault-bounded blocks increases towards the south...some degree of cementation is common. Reactivation of old solifluction mudflows through changed......
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE:
M.G. Culshaw
The first engineering geological publication in the UK?
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Aug 2004; 37: 227 - 231.
*......houses should not be built downhill of springs unless there was proper drainage. Faults were to be avoided because of possible reactivation during earthquakes and clay soils were noted as being susceptible to swelling and shrinkage. However, landslides were not......
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SESSION 3: DATA ACQUISITION:
M. G. Culshaw, P. D. Jackson and D. M. McCann
Geophysical mapping techniques in environmental planning
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 1987; 4: 171 - 177.
*......ii) the tracing of a major discontinuity, such as a dyke or fault, through a formation; (iii) the location of hazards such as...on the cliffs. The local instability is associated with the reactivation of the remnants of periglacial activity which overlie the......
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HYDROGEOLOGY IN HEAT ENGINEERING:
V.A. Fry
Lessons from London: regulation of open-loop ground source heat pumps in central London
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 1 August 2009; 42: 325 - 334.
*......and Miocene, forming the broad London Basin syncline approximately centred just north of the Thames along a WSW-ENE axis. Reactivation of ancient basement faults during this time contributed to the basin's existing asymmetric shape. The Chalk forms the main......
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REGULAR ARTICLE:
E.N. Bromhead, M-L. Ibsen, X. Papanastassiou and A.A. Zemichael
Three-dimensional stability analysis of a coastal landslide at Hanover Point, Isle of Wight
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Feb 2002; 35: 79 - 88.
*......sand content of the slide debris and the consistency of the clay exposed in the cliff face following wetting and landslide reactivation, the assumption is made that the piezometric surface coincides with ground level. It clearly does so at times, and these......
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SECTION 3: CASE STUDIES IN LAND SURFACE EVALUATION:
D. T. Shilston
Slope stability hazard assessment: Coalport Railway Bridge, Shropshire
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 2001; 18: 227 - 231.
*......lacking such landslips; some landslips are active today or have been stabilized by modern civil engineering works; recent reactivation of dormant shallow and deeper- seated landslips or accelerated movement of active landslips is generally the result of interference......
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SECTION 3: SLOPE STABILITY HAZARDS:
Xing-min Meng and Edward Derbyshire
Landslides and their control in the Chinese Loess Plateau: models and case studies from Gansu Province, China
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 1998; 15: 141 - 153.
*......used in the calculations for the remedial measures. Landslide control at Jiaoshuwan Given that the principal reason for the reactivation of the landslides at Jiaoshuwan was human excavation and impedance of groundwater outflows, the control design 3. measures......
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
P. G. Fookes
Quaternary engineering geology
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 1991; 7: 73 - 98.
*......currently average sea level rise of something between subject to reactivation under pressure of i00 and 150m. The Flandrian Transgression...hinterlands, driving force of the mechanism, narrow shelves, steep fault-determined Plates are thought to be able to move slopes and......
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SESSION 2A PROCESSES AND MATERIALS PROPERTIES:
T. P. Gostelow, R. J. O. Hamblin, D. I. Harris and D. W. Hight
The influence of late and post glacial slope development on the engineering geology of Wenlock Shale near Ironbridge, Salop
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 1991; 7: 349 - 359.
*......the Wenlock Shale. However, the mobilization of passive resistance downslope of this block was limited by the accompanying reactivation of slope deposits with pre-existing shear surfaces at a higher elevation. Back analysis suggested that bentonitic layers......
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SESSION 4: LAND EVALUATION AND SITE ASSESSMENT (MAPPING):
A. Forster, P. R. N. Hobbs, R. J. Wyatt and D. C. Entwisle
Environmental geology maps of Bath and the surrounding area for engineers and planners
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 1987; 4: 221 - 235.
*......mapped in detail (Fig. 8). The problem presented to land use in areas of potential slope instability is mainly that of slip reactivation by: (i) the removal of material from the slip toe; (ii) the surcharging of the slip mass by tipping; (iii) the increase of......
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SESSION 6: ENGINEERING GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING:
J. Pitts
Morphological mapping in the Axmouth-Lyme Regis Undercliffs, Devon
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, August 1979; 12: 205 - 217.
*......translational, i.e. movement along tectonic or diagenetic discontinuities involving a mainly intact slipped mass, e.g. Bindon; reactivation of slipped masses. 4. Debris slides with weathering or depositionai discontinuities and a mainly disturbed slipped mass......
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ARTICLE:
Peter Lumb
Slope failures in Hong Kong
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, February 1975; 8: 31 - 65.
*......refer to peak strength, but this is relevant to field performance since failures occur at small strains and do not involve reactivation of old slips. Being based on laboratory tests on small (40 mm dia.) intact specimens of soil matrix, the parameters make......
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11. Earthmoving
Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications, 2006; 21: 315 - 345.
*......excavations at the toe of clay slopes can lead to instability of the slopes. Examples of the destabilisation of slopes or reactivation of old landslides by the construction of stockpiles of topsoil, overburden or surplus excavated materials placed on or at......
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PHOTOGRAPHIC FEATURE:
I.G. Fourniadis and J.G. Liu
Landslides in the Wushan–Zigui region of the Three Gorges, China
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, May 2007; 40: 115 - 122.
*......poor land management (Fig. 8). Indeed, Huangtupo was originally selected as the site for the new Badong Town, but partial reactivation of the landslide forced Badong Town to be relocated for a second time at Xirangkou, 6km west of Huangtupo. The Huanglashi......
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REGULAR ARTICLE:
Omar Husaini and M. Ratnasamy
An early warning system for active landslides
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, Aug 2001; 34: 299 - 305.
*......conveyed to the workers for safety purposes. A system was organized to evacuate the working area under the scarp in the event of reactivation of the landslide. Instrumentation programme provided the necessary safeguards by measuring ground behaviour with respect......
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