Identification of weak layers and their role for the stability of slopes at Finneidfjord, Northern Norway

Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences - 5th International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 321-330

  L'Heureux, Jean Sebastien ^a   Longva, Oddvar ^a   Steiner, Alois ^b   Hansen, Louise ^a   Vardy, Mark E ^c   Vanneste, Maarten ^d   Haflidason, Haflidi ^e   Brendryen, Jo ^e   Kvalstad, Tore J ^d   Forsberg, Carl Fredrik ^d   Chand, Shyam ^a   Kopf, Achim ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d NORWEGIAN GEOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Event bed; Fjord; Geotechnical properties; Sensitive clay; Slope stability; Weak layer

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; SLOPE PROTECTION; SLOPE STABILITY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

EVENT BED; FJORD; GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES; SENSITIVE CLAYS; WEAK LAYER;

SUBMARINES;

EID: 84904117553     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2162-3_29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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