Preliminary assessments on the modes of instability of the Antalya (SW-Turkey) coastal cliffs

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 547-560

  Dipova, Nihat ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antalya; Cliff erosion; Cliff instability; Coastal cliff; Tufa

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; BIOLOGICAL DEGRADATION; CARBONATE ROCK; CLIFF EROSION; CLIFF RETREAT; COASTAL CLIFF; COLLAPSIBLE SOIL; COMPLEX FAILURE; CONTROLLING FACTORS; EROSION RATES; EROSIONAL PROCESS; HARD ROCKS; HEAVY RAINFALL; HISTORICAL DATA; INSTABILITY PROBLEMS; LOCAL FAILURE; MECHANICAL ACTION; MIXING ZONES; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; ROCK PROPERTIES; ROCKFALLS; SHEAR FAILURE; TIME-SCALES; TOPOGRAPHIC MAP;

HEAVY WATER; LITHOLOGY; MAPS; PHOTOGRAPHY; RAIN; ROCK BURSTS; ROCKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STABILITY;

LANDFORMS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; CLIFF; COASTAL EROSION; COLLAPSE; EROSION RATE; HISTORICAL RECORD; INSTABILITY; POREWATER; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; ROCK PROPERTY; ROCKFALL; STRENGTH; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TOPPLING; TUFA; WAVE ACTION;

ANTALYA [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 77955158499     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-009-0053-1     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Back W, Henshaw BB, Herman JS, Van Driel JN (1986) Differential dissolution of a Pleistocene reef in the ground-water mixing zone of coastal Yucatan, Mexico. Geology 14:137-140
2. Bogli A (1964) Mischungkorrosion; ein Beitrag zum Verkarstungs-problem. Erdkunde 18(2):83-92
3. Dipova N, Doyuran V (2006a) Assessment of the collapse mechanism of tufa deposits. Eng Geol 83:332-342
4. Dipova N, Doyuran V (2006b) Characterization of the Antalya (Turkey) tufa deposits. Carbonates Evaporites 21(2):144-160
5. Dunne T (1990) Hydrology, mechanics, and geomorphic implications of erosion by subsurface flow. In: Higgins CG and Coates DR (ed) Groundwater geomorphology: the role of subsurface water in earth-surface processes and landform. Geological Society of America Special Paper, 252:1-28
6. Emery K, Kuhn G (1982) Sea cliffs: their processes, profiles and classification. Geol Soc Am Bull 93:644-654
7. Focke J (1978) Limestone cliff morphology on Curacao. Z Geomorphol 22:329-349
8. Ford TD, Pedley HM (1996) A review of tufa and travertine deposits of the world. Earth Sci Rev 41:117-175
9. Glover CP, Robertson AHF (1998) Role of regional extension and uplift in the Plio-Pleistocene evolution of the Aksu Basin, SW Turkey. Journal of Geological Society, London 155:365-387
10. Goodman RE, Bray JW (1976) Toppling of rock slopes. Proceedings speciality conf. rock engng. for fdns. and slopes. Boulder, CO, ASCE, 2
11. Goodman R, Kieffer S (2000) Behavior of rock in slopes. J Geotechn Geoenviron Eng 126(8):675-684
12. Hampton M (2002) Gravitational failure of sea cliffs in weakly lithified sediment. Environ Eng Geosci 8(3):175-192
13. Harris JG, Mylroie JE, Carew JL (1995) Banana holes: unique karst features of the Bahamas. Carbonates Evaporites 10(2):215-224
14. Hutchings PA (1986) Biological destruction of coral reefs: a review. Coral Reefs 4:239-252
15. Hutchinson JN (1969) A reconsideration of the coastal landslides at Folkestone Warren, Kent. Geotechnique 19:6-38
16. Kilic R, Yavuz S (1994) Relationship between geotechnical properties of the Antalya Travertine (Turkey). Bull Int Assoc Eng Geol 50:43-50
17. Kogure T, Aoki H, Maekado A, Hirose T, Matsukura Y (2006) Effect of the development of notches and tension cracks on instability of limestone coastal cliffs in the Ryukyus, Japan. Geomorphology 80:236-244
18. Moore LJ (2000) Shoreline mapping techniques. J Coast Res 16(1):111-124
19. Moses CA, Smith BJ (1994) Limestone weathering in supra-tidal zone: an example from Mallorca. In: Robinson DA, Williams RBG (eds) Rock weathering and landform evolution. Wiley, Chichester, pp 432-451
20. Mylroie JE, Carew JL (1990) The flank margin model for dissolution cave development in carbonate platforms. Earth Surf Proc Land 15:413-424
21. Mylroie JE, Carew JL (1997) Land use and carbonate island karst. In: Beck BF, Stephenson JB (eds) The engineering geology and hydrogeology of karst terranes. Balkema, Rotterdam, pp 3-19
22. Neumann AC (1966) Observations on coastal erosion in Bermuda and measurements of the boring rates of the sponge Cliona lampa. Limnol Oceanogr 1:92-108
23. Norris RM (1990) Sea cliff erosion: a major dilemma: California Geology. August, pp 171-177
24. Nossin JJ (1989) SPOT stereo i{dotless}nterpretation in karst terrain: Southern Turkey. ITC J 2:79-91
25. Pentecost A (1995) The Quaternary Travertine deposits of Europe and Asia Minor. Quat Sci Rev 1(14):1005-1028
26. Plummer LN (1975) Mixing of sea water with calcium carbonate ground water: Geol. Soc Am Bull Mem 142:219-236
27. Rosser NJ, Petley DN, Lim M, Dunning SA, Allison RJ (2005) Terrestrial laser scanning for monitoring the process of hard rock coastal cliff erosion. Q J Eng Geol 38:363-375
28. Spencer T (1992) Bioerosion and biogeomorphology. In: John DM, Hawkins SJ, Price JH (eds) Plant-animal i{dotless}nteractions in the marine benthos (Systematics Association Special Volume 46). Oxford Science Publications, Oxford, pp 493-509
29. Sunamura T (1992) The geomorphology of rock coast. Wiley, Chichester
30. Timoshenko SP, Gere JM (1978) Mechanics of materials. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, p 552
31. Trudgill ST (1976) The marine erosion of limestones on Aldabra Atoll, Indian Ocean. Z Geomorphol 26(Suppl 1):164-200