Rapid failures of colliery spoil heaps in the South Wales Coalfield

Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-132

  Siddle, H J ^a   Wright, M D ^b   Hutchinson, J N ^c  

^a CH2M HILL   (United States)

^b Brit Coal S Wales Geol Serv B   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geomorphology; Landslides; Liquefaction; Mining geology; Spoils

Indexed keywords

COAL MINING; COLLIERY SPOIL; FAILURE MECHANISM; SLOPE FAILURE; SOUTH WALES COALFIELD;

UK, WALES;

EID: 0029731401     PISSN: 04812085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.QJEGH.1996.029.P2.02     Document Type: Article

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