A critical review of rock slope failure mechanisms: The importance of structural geology |
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| Institution: | 1. Geological Engineering, Department of Earth, Ocean, & Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;2. Geology & Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA;3. Swiss Competence Center for Energy Research – Supply of Energy (SCCER-SoE), Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland;1. Hacettepe University, Dept. of Geological Eng., Division of Applied Geology, 06800 Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey;2. Hacettepe University, Hydrogeological Eng. Program, 0600 Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey;3. EnerjiSa Power Generating Company, Balgat, Ankara, Turkey;1. Department of Geotechnical Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China;2. State Key Laboratory for Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China;3. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, UniversitàdegliStudi di Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy;4. National Engineering Laboratory for Surface Transportation Weather Impact, Broadvision Engineering Consultants, Kunming, Yunnan 650011, China |
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| Abstract: | Geological structures such as folds, faults, and discontinuities play a critical role in the stability and behaviour of both natural and engineered rock slopes. Although engineering geologists have long recognised the importance of structural geology in slopes, it remains a significant challenge to integrate structural geological mapping and theory into all stages of engineering projects. We emphasise the importance of structural geology to slope stability assessments, reviewing how structures control slope failure mechanisms, how engineering geologists measure structures and include them in slope stability analyses, and how numerical simulations of slopes incorporate geological structures and processes. |
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| Keywords: | Rock slopes Stability Failure mechanisms Engineering geology Structural control |
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