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Landslides in Sensitive Clays : From Research to Implementation
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ISBN: 3319564870 3319564862 Year: 2017 Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,

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This book gathers the most recent scientific research on the geological, geotechnical and geophysical aspects of slope failure in sensitive clays. Gathering contributions by international experts, it focuses on understanding the complete and practical spectrum of challenges presented by landslides in such complex materials. Based on sound and validated research results, the book also presents several recommendations that could be implemented in the guidelines or code-of-practice. These recommendations cover topics including the characterization and behavior of sensitive clays; the pre-failure, failure and post-failure stages of sensitive clays; mapping and identification methods; climate change; hazard assessment; and risk management. Sensitive clays are known for their potential for causing large landslides, which pose a serious risk to human lives, infrastructure, and surrounding ecosystems within their reach. This has been demonstrated by the recent catastrophic landslides in e.g. Sørum (2016), Skjeggestad (2015), Statland (2014), Byneset (2012), St-Jude (2010), Lyngen (2010) and Kattmarka (2009). The 2015 collapse of the Skjeggestad Bridge in Norway – which was due to a landslide in sensitive clay – alone costs millions of dollars in repairs. Recently, efforts are being made to increase society’s ability to cope with such landslide hazards. Geoscientists are now expected to provide input to the agencies responsible for landslide-risk preparedness. In other words, geoscientists’ role is not only to act as technologists to establish new theories, but also to go the extra mile to implement them in practice, so as to find meaningful solutions to geotechnical problems.


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Dynamic Response and Deformation Characteristic of Saturated Soft Clay under Subway Vehicle Loading
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ISSN: 21943222 ISBN: 3642419860 3642419879 Year: 2014 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,

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Involving several areas of geological engineering, geotechnical engineering and tunnel engineering, this book describes the soft soil deformation characteristics and dynamic responses induced by subway vibration load. Based on field monitoring and laboratory testing data, with both comprehensive micro- and macroanalysis, the authors present dynamic characteristics and deformation settlement of saturated soft clay surrounding subway tunnels using dynamic and static methodology. Mechanism of deformation, failure in microstructure of soft clay soil, dynamic response, macro deformation and settlement are all discussed and analyzed thoroughly and systematically. Some of the research findings in this book have been widely applied by large subway companies and will have broader application prospects in future. All the above make this book a valuable reference not only for technical engineers working in subway design or construction but also for advanced graduate students. Prof. Yiqun Tang works at the Department of Geotechnical Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.

Clay in engineering geology
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ISBN: 0444427589 9780444427588 9780444600493 0444600493 Year: 1987 Publisher: Amsterdam : Elsevier,

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Engineering geology is an interdisciplinary subject concerned with the application of geological science to engineering practice, and it is therefore important for the engineering geologist to recognize the boundary between engineering application and purely scientific enquiry. Much research in applied clay science results from imperfectly understood engineering behaviour. Engineering geology is most closely allied to the geotechnical and materials areas of civil engineering. The scope of the present book is limited to the influence of clay but because clay is almost ubiquitous in earth mat


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Deformation and Failure Mechanism of Excavation in Clay Subjected to Hydraulic Uplift
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ISBN: 366246506X 3662465078 Year: 2016 Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,

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This book presents the latest experimental and numerical analysis work in the field of ground deformation and base instability of deep excavations in soft clay subjected to hydraulic uplift. The authors’ latest research findings, based on dimensional analyses, well-instrumented full-scale field tests, systematic coupled-consolidation finite element analyses and centrifuge tests are reported. This book shows how to systematically approach a complex geotechnical problem, from identifying existing problems, reviewing literature, to dimensional and numerical analyses, validation through full-scale testing and centrifuge model testing. The methodologies are also introduced as major tools adopted in geotechnical research.


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Integrated Surface Water and Groundwater Analysis
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Year: 2022 Publisher: Basel MDPI Books

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Comprehensive understanding of surface water and groundwater interaction is essential for effective water resources management. Groundwater and surface water are closely connected components that constantly interact with each other within the Earth’s hydrologic cycle. Many studies utilized observations to explain the surface water and groundwater interactions by carefully analyzing the behavior of surface water features (streams, lakes, reservoirs, wetlands, and estuaries) and the related aquifer environments. However, unlike visible surface water, groundwater, an invisible water resource, is not easy to measure or quantify directly. Nevertheless, demand for groundwater that is highly resilient to climate change is growing rapidly. Furthermore, groundwater is the prime source for drinking water supply and irrigation, and hence critical to global food security. Groundwater needs to be managed wisely, protected, and especially sustainably used. However, this task has become a challenge to many hydrologic systems in arid to even humid regions because of added stress caused by changing environment, climate, land use, population growth, etc. In this issue, the editors present contributions on various research areas such as the integrated surface water and groundwater analysis, sustainable management of groundwater, and the interaction between surface water and groundwater. Methodologies, strategies, case studies as well as quantitative techniques for dealing with combined surface water and groundwater management are of interest for this issue.

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groundwater-surface water interaction --- analytical --- numerical --- FEMME --- STRIVE --- MODFLOW --- Long Short-Term Memory --- groundwater level prediction --- groundwater withdrawal impact --- groundwater level variation --- machine learning --- integrated surface water and groundwater analysis --- climate change --- hydraulic fracturing --- construction of well pads --- MIKE-SHE --- MIKE-11 --- northwestern Alberta --- SWAT+ --- groundwater --- modeling --- groundwater–surface water interactions --- rainwater harvesting --- climate variability --- small island developing states --- improved water governance --- national sustainable development plans --- SDG6 --- community participation --- drinking water supply --- water supply scheme --- surface water/groundwater interactions --- managed aquifer recharge --- induced riverbank filtration --- groundwater resource management --- water curtain cultivation --- surface–groundwater interaction --- water budget analysis --- Nera River --- carbonate aquifer --- recession curves --- seismic sequence --- permafrost hydrology --- Russian Arctic --- water tracks --- hydrological connectivity --- stable water isotopes --- dissolved organic carbon --- electrical resistivity tomography --- taliks --- flood --- surface and groundwater interactions --- HEIFLOW --- Managed Aquifer Recharge --- groundwater tracer --- heat transport --- surface–ground-water interactions --- infiltration basin --- groundwater hydrology --- young water fraction --- global meteoric water line --- northern Italian Apennines --- stakeholder participation --- surface water-groundwater interaction --- scenario modelling --- integrated water management --- agent-based modelling --- SimCopiapo --- water balance --- water table fluctuation method --- irrigated pastures --- deep percolation --- aquifer recharge --- clay soils --- flood irrigation --- water management --- surface water --- n/a --- groundwater-surface water interactions --- surface-groundwater interaction --- surface-ground-water interactions

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