Landslides in Sensitive Clays: From Geosciences to Risk Management

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Landslides in Sensitive Clays – From Geosciences to Risk Management....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Chemistry, Sensitivity and Quick-Clay Landslide Amelioration....Pages 15-24
Nature of Sensitive Clays from Québec....Pages 25-37
Three-Dimensional Quick-Clay Modeling of the Gothenburg Region, Sweden....Pages 39-50
Ion Exchange as a Cause of Natural Restabilisation of Quick Clay – A Model Study....Pages 51-62
Potassium Chloride as Ground Improvement in Quick Clay Areas – A Preliminary Study....Pages 63-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Inventory of Large Landslides in Sensitive Clay in the Province of Québec, Canada: Preliminary Analysis....Pages 77-89
Characterization of Post-failure Movements of Landslides in Soft Sensitive Clays....Pages 91-103
Controls on the Dimensions of Landslides in Sensitive Clays....Pages 105-117
Prehistoric Sensitive Clay Landslides and Paleoseismicity in the Ottawa Valley, Canada....Pages 119-131
Characterization and Post-failure Analysis of the 1980 Landslide in Sensitive Clays at Havre-St-Pierre, Québec, Canada....Pages 133-144
The Evolution of Material Properties Within an In Situ Shear Zone in Sensitive Clay....Pages 145-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
The Use of Geophysics for Sensitive Clay Investigations....Pages 159-178
Applications of 2D Resistivity Measurements for Quick-Clay Mapping in Mid Norway....Pages 179-191
An Integrated Approach to Quick-Clay Mapping Based on Resistivity Measurements and Geotechnical Investigations....Pages 193-204
Geophysical and Geotechnical Investigations for a Major Highway in a Quick-Clay Area....Pages 205-216
Mapping of Quick Clay by ERT and CPT-R in the Göta Älv River Valley....Pages 217-228
Geophysical Data Integration for Quick-Clay Mapping: The Hvittingfoss Case Study, Norway....Pages 229-239
Joint Acquisition and Processing of Seismic Reflections and Surface Waves in a Sensitive Clay Deposit in the Outaouais Region (Québec), Canada....Pages 241-252
Empirical Geophysical/Geotechnical Relationships in the Champlain Sea Sediments of Eastern Ontario....Pages 253-264
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
The Effect of Deformation Rate in Progressive Slope Failure....Pages 267-277
Failure Mechanism of Spreads in Sensitive Clays....Pages 279-290
How Well Do We Understand the Undrained Strain Softening Response in Soft Sensitive Clays?....Pages 291-303
Effect of Strain-Softening in Design of Fills on Gently Inclined Areas with Soft Sensitive Clays....Pages 305-316
Effective Stress Based Stability Analysis of Normally Consolidated Clays....Pages 317-328
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
An Overview of the Mapping of Landslide-Prone Areas and Risk Management Strategies in the Province of Québec, Canada....Pages 331-342
Regulatory Framework for Road and Railway Construction on the Sensitive Clays of Norway....Pages 343-353
Risk Assessment for Quick Clay Slides – The Norwegian Practice....Pages 355-367
Quaternary Geology as a Basis for Landslide Susceptibility Assessment in Fine-Grained, Marine Deposits, Onshore Norway....Pages 369-381
Management of Quick Clay Areas in Slope Stability Investigations – The Göta River Valley....Pages 383-394
Safety Concepts for Slope Stability....Pages 395-407
Back Matter....Pages 409-418