Case study of a relict iceberg scour exposed at Scarborough Bluffs, Toronto, Ontario: Implications for pipeline engineering

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 519-534

  Eden, David J ^a   Eyles, Nicholas ^a  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finite element modelling; Iceberg scour; Pipeline engineering; Pleistocene geology; Scarborough Bluffs

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; SAND; SCOUR; SOILS;

CLIFF EXPOSURES;

ICE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ICEBERG; PIPELINE; SCOUR;

CANADA;

EID: 0036019741     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t02-004     Document Type: Article

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