Engineering geological and geophysical investigations of a slope failure at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland

Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 119-137

  Donnelly, L J ^a   Culshaw, M G ^b   Hobbs, P R N ^b   Flint, R C ^c   Jackson, P D ^b  

^a Halcrow Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Edinburgh Castle; Historic monument; Landslide; Remediation; Site investigation; Slope instability

Indexed keywords

BASALT; EROSION; GEOPHYSICS; SEDIMENTS; SLOPE STABILITY; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CRAG AND TAIL; GLACIAL EROSION; HERITAGE SITES; SLOPE FAILURE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

LANDSLIDE; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILIZATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EDINBURGH [EDINBURGH (UNA)]; EDINBURGH [SCOTLAND]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 19544366386     PISSN: 14359529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10064-004-0260-7     Document Type: Article

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