Rockslides and Avalanches, 2Engineering Sites

✍ Scribed by BARRY VOIGHT (Eds.)

• Publisher: Academic Press, Elsevier
• Year: 1979
• Leaves: 835
• Series: Developments in Geotechnical Engineering 14
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Further titles in this series
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Insise Front Cover
Page v

Preface
Pages vii-ix
BARRY VOIGHT

List of Contributors
Pages x-xi

Selected si Conversion Factors
Page xii

Rockslides and Avalanches: Basic Principles, and Perspectives in the Realm of Civil and Mining Operations
Pages 1-94
W.G. PARISEAU, BARRY VOIGHT

Chapter 1 - Josef Stini: Contributions to Engineering Geology and Slope Movement Investigations
Pages 95-110
LEOPOLD MÜLLER

Chapter 2 - Karl Terzaghi on Rockslides: The Perspective of a Half-Century
Pages 111-134
RUTH D. TERZAGHI, BARRY VOIGHT

Chapter 3 - Laurits Bjerrum: Contributions to Mechanics of Rockslides
Pages 135-147
RALPH B. PECK

Chapter 4 - Slides in Gaillard Cut, Panama Canal Zone
Pages 151-196,201-224
R.J. LUTTON, D.C. BANKS, W.E. STROHM Jr.

Chapter 5 - Rock Slope Movements with Hydroelectric Power Projects, Mexico
Pages 225-245
ROBERTO SÁNCHEZ-TREJO, LEOPOLDO ESPINOSA

Chapter 6 - Bighorn Reservoir Slides, Montana, U.S.A.
Pages 247-267
H.K. DUPREE, GLENN J. TAUCHER, B. VOIGHT

Chapter 7 - Rock Avalanche and Wave at Chungar, Peru
Pages 269-279
GEORGE PLAFKER, V.R. EYZAGUIRRE

Chapter 8 - Wedge Rockslides, Libby Dam and Lake Koocanusa, Montana
Pages 281-315
BARRY VOIGHT

Chapter 9 - Occurrences, Properties, and Predictive Models of Landslide-Generated Water Waves
Pages 317-394
RUDY L. SLINGERLAND, BARRY VOIGHT

Chapter 10 - Paracti Rockslide, Bolivia
Pages 401-417
GEORGE F. SOWERS, B. ROGER CARTER

Chapter 11 - Landslides of Brazil
Pages 419-446
A.J. DA COSTA NUNES, ROY E. HUNT

Chapter 12 - Slope Stability in the Appalachian Plateau, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, U.S.A.
Pages 447-471
RICHARD E. GRAY, HARRY F. FERGUSON, JAMES V. HAMEL

Chapter 13 - Loveland Basin Slide, Colorado, U.S.A.
Pages 473-514
FITZHUGH T. LEE, WALTER MYSTKOWSKI

Chapter 14 - Landslides in Argillaceous Rock, Prairie Provinces, Canada
Pages 515-540
S. THOMSON, N.R. MORGENSTERN

Chapter 15 - Rock Slope Failure at Hell's Gate, British Columbia, Canada
Pages 541-574
D.R. PITEAU, B.C. McLEOD, D.R. PARKES, J.K. LOU

Chapter 16 - Acoustic Emission Techniques Applied to Slope Stability Problems
Pages 577-593
RAYMOND M. STATEHAM, ROBERT H. MERRILL

Chapter 17 - Slope Failure of 1967–1969, Chuquicamata Mine, Chile
Pages 595-632
BARRY VOIGHT, B.A. KENNEDY

Chapter 18 - Pima Mine Slope Failure, Arizona, U.S.A.
Pages 633-649
JAMES V. HAMEL

Chapter 19 - Twin Buttes Pit Slope Failure, Arizona, U.S.A.
Pages 651-666
BEN L. SEEGMILLER

Chapter 20 - Pit Slope Performance in Shale, Wyoming, U.S.A.
Pages 667-690
G. WAYNE CLOUGH, LAWRENCE J. WEST, LARRY T. MURDOCK

Chapter 21 - Hogarth Pit Slope Failure, Ontario, Canada
Pages 691-707
C.O. BRAWNER, P.F. STACEY

Chapter 22 - Canadian Experience in Simulating Pit Slopes by the Finite Element Method
Pages 709-758
Y.S. YU, D.F. COATES

References Index, Volumes 1 and 2
Pages 759-777

Subject Index, Volumes 1 and 2
Pages 779-850