Assessment of a coastal landslide subjected to building loads at Sinop, Black Sea region, Turkey, and stabilization measures

Engineering Geology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-88

  Işk, Nihat Sinan ^a   Doyuran, Vedat ^b   Ulusay, Reşat ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Back analysis; Coastal slide; Numerical modeling; Shear strength; Sinop; Slope stability; Toe buttress

Indexed keywords

CLAY; COASTAL ENGINEERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER; PRESS LOAD CONTROL; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

COASTEL EROSION; COASTEL LANDSLIDES; SEA SHORE;

LANDSLIDES;

LANDSLIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHEAR STRENGTH; SLOPE STABILITY; SLOPE STABILIZATION;

BLACK SEA COAST; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 3242735975     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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