Analysis of a complex toppling-circular slope failure

Engineering Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 93-104

  Alejano, Leandro R ^a   Gómez Márquez, Iván ^a   Martínez Alegría, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b Calle Jesús Rivero Meneses ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Back analysis; Block toppling; Circular failure; Numerical methods; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

BACK-ANALYSIS; BLOCK TOPPLING; CIRCULAR SLOPE FAILURE; CLAYSTONES; COMPLEX FAILURE; FAILURE MECHANISM; LIMESTONE ROCKS; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; OPEN PIT MINES; SEDIMENTARY FORMATION; TECHNICAL NOTES; VALENCIA;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMBER THEORY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

SLOPE STABILITY;

BACK ANALYSIS; COMPLEXITY; FAILURE MECHANISM; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPEN PIT MINE; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; TOPPLING;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77953611866     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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