6th international congress International Association of Engineering Geology, volume 3

Proceedings / Comptes-rendus, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 6-10 August 1990

D.G. Price

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2026
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040895610
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering

The Proceedings of the 6th international congress International Association of Engineering Geology, volume 3: Comptes-rendus, held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on the 6-10 August 1990. Including 500 papers from authors from 52 different countries. The four main symposia compromised of topics that included use of computers in Engineering Geology, pollution, environmental protection and waste disposal, coastal engineering and Engineering Geology in the oil industry.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of contents
• 4 Surface engineering geology Géologie
• A practical approach for hazard evaluation of rock slopes in mountainous areas
• Cold lahar flows from Galunggung volcano (Indonesia) and their influence on life environments
• Lateral spreads and landslide hazards to the Northern Apennine The example of Mt. Fumaiolo (Emilia Romagna) and Chiusi della Vema (Tuscany)
• A research in mechanism, prediction and remediation for karst collapse of ground soil
• Typification of changes in natural conditions for engineering and geological estimate of a territory (by degree of the frost heaving)
• Engineering geological appraisal of the major landslides and their stabilization in the north Sikkim region (India)
• The landslide of ‘Le Mottacce’ in the river-bed of the Arno River (Tuscany/Italy)
• Morphological classification of debris-flow processes in South-Central Alps (Italy)
• The world inventory of historic landslides
• Engineering geology in the central area of Shanghai: Preparation of the data for subsidence modelling
• Hydro-engineering geology related to the hills of Olinda (Brézil)
• The effect of fines on the liquefaction behaviour of cohesionless soils
• A case study of the morphology on the unstable slopes
• Classification, evolution and distribution of the geologic hazards in China
• Effect of fresh water lakes on the engineering properties of neighbouring soils, west central Iraq
• The seismic response analysis and seismic engineering geological microzonation of a project site
• Analysis of levelling measurements of the Earth's surface movements on the geodynamic polygon Mikulovice – Jezeří in the KruSne hory Mts.
• Contribution of the technogeneous geological environmental changes to the after-effects of Spitak earthquake
• Prediction Of hazardous events in karst areas as a result of anthropogenic changes in the hydrogeologic environment
• Ground cracks in Aradhippou village in Cyprus
• Research on the present activity and Seismogenetic model of Anning River Fault in the western part of Sichuan Province
• Cartago non delenda est - Pour une politique de prévention des risques générés par les mouvements de terrain à Cartago (Costa-Rica)
• The seismotectonic map of Greece and its engineering geological implications
• Le rôle de la méthode de corrélation dans la détermination des zones de paramètres minimaux de résistance au cisaillement
• Ecological problems of the lithosphere
• A physical model for control of sheet erosion
• Geology of Bandung (Indonesia) and its significance for the development of Bandung City
• Braunwald (Swiss Alps): Investigation, analysis and partial stabilization of a big landslide
• Un exemple d’importants glissements de terrain en Equateur
• Genesis of complex deformation on the slopes of the Drina river
• Analysis of slope-failured sites using a digital geologic data base system
• Engineering geology of the Ipoh area, Perak, Malaysia
• On the viscous resistance in the movement mechanism of landslides in the French Alps
• A study on dynamics of catastrophic highspeed landslides in China
• Statistical possibility characteristics and prognoses of rock groups prone to slide*
• The peculiarities and applications of dynamic consolidation in ground treatment of collapsible loess deposits
• Frictional heat in landslide process
• Pattern recognition applied to regional crustal stability evaluation Reconnaissance des images pour l'évaluation régionale de la stabilité de la croûte terrestre
• The engineering geological characters of Xian ground fissures and the disaster analyses
• Stability prediction for consequent bank slopes along the Yangzi River
• 4.2 Foundations
• Stabilization of glacial deposits of the Middlesbrough area with cementitious material
• Structural and mechanical properties of Sofia clays
• Site investigation for tower structure on ring-shaped raft on sand Investigation de site pour structure en hauteur sur fondation circulaire en bois sur du sable
• The influence of geological features in the planning and design of Nathpa Jhakri project (Himachal Pradesh/ India)
• Siting principles for railway in karst area
• Erection of surface structures within rock weathering zone with the example of Georgia
• The evaluation of foundations methods in a large housing estate in difficult engineering-geological conditions
• Swelling characteristics and stabilization of Kom-ombo clay, Egypt
• L’effet de glissements de terrain sur les futurs barrages en Turquie The effects of landslides on dams which are planned to be built in Turkey
• Engineering geology of schist and saprolite: Philadelphia/Pennsylvania/USA La géologie de l’ingénieur des schistes et de la saprolite: Philadelphie/Pennsylvanie/ USA
• The Fridão dam site on the Tâmega river (Portugal) La fondation du barrage de Fridão sur Ie fleuve Tâmega (Portugal)
• Geotechnical parameters of muds Paramètres géotechniques des vases
• Engineering geology of the Nagymaros dam site at the Danube River
• Some geotechnical properties of Miocene Blue Clays in Campania (Southern Italy)
• Analysis of swelling of marl eluvium on the water infiltration
• Depthwise variation and correction of soil bearing capacity
• Influence of man’s activity on the activization of dormant landslides in Slovakia
• Contribution to the stress-strain strength properties of macroporous loess soil
• Geotechnical problems and treatment of foundation of major dams on Deccan traps in the Narmada Valley/Gujarat/Westem India
• Cavités Souterraines et instabilité des terrains dans la ville de Mbuji-Mayi (Zaïre)
• Engineering-geological problems in investigations on soft soils in river valleys
• Evaluation and mitigation of geologic hazard related to the construction of Slezska Harta dam on the Moravice river in Czechoslovakia
• The role of engineering geology in the rehabilitation of dam foundations
• Granites, their heterogeneity and site investigation in the West Carpathians
• Swelling mechanisms of tertiary anhydritic-dolomitic shales
• On the knowledge of the geological hazard connected with undergound cavities in urban areas: A case history
• Désordres liés aux arbres dans un lotissement en Lorraine
• Engineering geological zonation of Xiamen granitic weathered crust and bearing capacity of residual soil
• Mitigation measures for small structures on collapsible soils
• Potential sabkha hazards in Saudi Arabia
• The use of hydrogeochemical methodologies in the observation of dam foundations
• The role of calcareous cementation on bearing capacity of driven piles
• Model study of intercalated shear zone in engineering geology
• Strength characteristic of Zhanjiang clay
• Geotechnical conditions of the Iraklion city, Crete
• Reconnaissance géotechnique au stade de l’étude de faisabilité de la Tour Sans Fin à Paris – La Défense – Triangle de la Folie
• Improvement of building properties of water-saturated loess and clay soils with alkalizing
• Enhancing the reliability of injectible chemical Stabilization of loessial Collapsible soils
• Epigenetic recreation of rockmass structures and time-dependent deformation at a hard rock damsite
• 4.3 Stability of excavated slopes and embankments
• Slope stability of embankments and excavations
• A new approach to solution of slope stability problems
• Engineering geology and slope stability of tropical residual soils in West Java (Indonesia)
• Characteristics of the mass movements in road slopes in Colombia
• Borehole logging in investigations of slope deformations
• On the stability of excavated slopes in Deccan trap terrain at Sardar Sarovar (Narmada) multipurpose project (Gujarat/India)
• Influence de la structure géologique sur la stabilité de versants progressivement submergés par la montée d'un plan d'eau
• Disaggregation aspects of the Corumbatai Permian pelytes (Brazil)
• A study of the stability and design of remedial measures for a 45 metre deep cutting within upper carboniferous strata on the M62 motorway (Lancashire)
• Caractérisation de l’efficacité des drains horizontaux
• Critical failure surfaces for slopes as influenced by geological features
• Evaluating the shearing properties for some Iraqi rock types, using different techniques
• Block falls on rock slopes ‒ Application of a numerical simulation program to some real cases
• Stability prognoses for rocky slopes of reservoirs
• Lithomonitoring in surface mining
• Optimal design of slope excavation based on reliability analysis for Longtan hydropower project
• Effets induits par les méthodes de découpage des talus rocheux sur leur stabilité
• Theory and practice of geo-stress field analysis of large rock slopes
• Change in soil microstructure caused by shear movements
• Détérioration de talus rocheux provoquée par l’altération Destruction of rock slopes as a result of deterioration
• Probability approach to the evaluation of the stability of open pit mine slopes
• Mechanism of buckling and creep-buckling failure of the bedded rockmass on the consequent slopes
• The engineering geological studies of slope stability of Fujia open pit mine
• A bank stabilization and margin protection problem
• Kinematic check and stability assessment of the proposed cut slopes of the chute spillway structure, Tehri dam project (India)
• Seasonal strength variations on shear planes in shallow landslides Variations saisonnières des forces sur des surfaces en glissement superficiel
• Geotechnical problems on slopes in Prague Problèmes géotechniques sur les pentes de Prague
• A survey of slope condition on British motorways
• Analyse des problèmes de stabilité de pentes hétérogènes par la méthode des éléments restreints
• Mineralogy and geotechnical properties of the weathering products of the jacks hill granodiorite (Jamaica/W.L)
• Simplistic planar failure analysis and treatment for intake structure of Lakhwar underground power house (Dehradun/Uttar Pradesh/India) L’analyse simple de défauts de plan et le traitement pour la structure ‘intake’ de la station à puissance souterraine de Lakhwar (Dehradun/Uttar Pradesh/Inde)
• Technical reclamation of clay rocks with specific composition and state Amélioration des propriétés des roches argileuses par la composition et l’état particuliers
• Slope stability problems of Kirka Borax open pit mine (Turkey) Problèmes de stabilité des talus de la mine de Kirka (Turquie)
• Environmental study of an old sanitary landfill site Etude sur l’environnement d’une ancienne décharge
• Application of soil nailing technique to the slope stability Application de la technique du clouage au sol pour la stabilité de la pente
• A study of progressive bending failure of bedded rockmass on slope La recherche sur des destructions flexibles et progressives de masses rocheuses penchant sur pente
• A case study of the relationship of geological structures and slope design Une étude d’état de la parenté entre structure géologique et plan de la pente
• Application de la technique d'ordinateur au calcul de stabilité des bords des mines à ciel ouvert construites dans un massif à plusieurs couches Application of the computer technique for computation of the boards stability in the open pit mines constructed in polybed massif
• 4.4 Infrastructure (roads, railways, pipelines etc.)
• Highway cost modelling using a geotechnical information system
• Geophysical and geotechnical solution of slope stability problem Solutions géophysique et géotechnique du problème de stabilité de pente
• Impact of vibration on geoecological state in urban areas
• Settlements induced by a road embankment on recent alluvial deposits in urban area (Aniene river/Rome/Italy)
• Engineering geological conditions of the main tangent route variants around Belgrade
• Engineering geology of the Gerede-Ankara Motorway
• Special purpose engineering geology maps for cut slopes in mountains Cartes spéciales en géologie de l’ingénieur pour des pentes artificielles
• Geological calamities research in Chinese railways
• Programme de recherche en laboratoire sur l'interaction de l'argile gonflante-chaux hydratée
• Compaction and degradation properties of South African mudrocks
• Engineering-geological evaluation of the rock cuts stability along the D1 highway