J.S. Griffiths / M.R. Stokes / R.G. Thomas (eds.)

Landslides

Proceedings of the 9th international conference and field trip, Bristol, 16 September 1999
Herausgeber: Griffiths, J S; Thomas, R G; Stokes, M R

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Produktbeschreibung

This text gives an overview of the main landslide field sites. It covers aspects of recent landslide research at the University of Wollongong. Topics: An overview of the main landslide field sites in the 9th ICFL; Aspects of recent landslide research at the University of Wollongong; Infiltration of rainwater and slope failure; Landslide hazards and highway engineering in Central and Northern Jordan; El NiAo 1997-98: Direct costs of damaging landslides in the San Francisco Bay region; Mass movement features in the vincinity of the town Sorbas, South-east Spain; The movements and the countermeasures of the Choja Landslide; Interest in landslide hazard information - Parallels between Kingston, Jamaica and the San Francisco Bay region, USA; Slide activity in quick clay related to pore water pressure and weather parameters; Old and recent landslides of Barranco de Tirajana basin, Gran Canaria, Spain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9789058090782
• ISBN-10: 9058090787
• Artikelnr.: 24383520

Autorenporträt

J.S. Griffiths

Inhaltsangabe

1: Field trip workshop; 1: An overview of the main landslide field sites in
the 9th ICFL; 2: Conference; 2: Aspects of recent landslide research at the
University of Wollongong; 3: Infiltration of rainwater and slope failure;
4: Landslide hazards and highway engineering in Central and Northem Jordan;
5: El Niño 1997-98: Direct costs of damaging landslides in the San
Francisco Bay region; 6: Mass movement features in the vicinity of the town
of Sorbas, South-east Spain; 7: The movements and the countermeasures of
the 'Choja Landslide'; 8: Interest in landslide hazard information -
Parallels between Kingston, Jamaica and the San Francisco Bay region, USA;
9: Slide activity in quick clay related to pore water pressure and weather
parameters; 10: Old and recent landslides of the Barranco de Tirajana
basin, Gran Canaria, Spain; 11: Tracking active landslide creep and its
response to El Niño and local seismicity: A case history from the
Penitencia Creek landslide, Santa Clara County, California, USA; 12:
Variety of landslides in Poland, and their possible dependence on
neogeodynamics; 13: Slope stability analysis of landslides masses of
different shapes; 14: Small-scale mass movement failures in Early to Mid
Pleistocene fluvial deposits in the Vera Basin, South-east Spain; 15:
Landslide activity and land utilisation at the high river bank zones; 16:
Scenic drive landslide, San Mateo County, Califomia, triggered by El Niño