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Processes of colluvial slope development at MC Mechen, west Virginia
Summary The Applachian Plateau Physiographic Province of the United States has severe landslide problems that are attributed primarily to steep topography and thick colluvial soils. Two basic modes of colluvial soil accumulation on hillsides are identified: 1) on rock benches; and 2) in swales. The large colluvial masses, unless disturbed by construction activity, were assumed to be stable and to have developed under periglacial conditions. However, processes of colluvial slope development and a recent landslide, activated by abnormally high precipitation at McMechen, indicate that such colluvial masses form continuously and do not require periglacial conditions to explain their existence.
Processes of colluvial slope development at MC Mechen, west Virginia
Summary The Applachian Plateau Physiographic Province of the United States has severe landslide problems that are attributed primarily to steep topography and thick colluvial soils. Two basic modes of colluvial soil accumulation on hillsides are identified: 1) on rock benches; and 2) in swales. The large colluvial masses, unless disturbed by construction activity, were assumed to be stable and to have developed under periglacial conditions. However, processes of colluvial slope development and a recent landslide, activated by abnormally high precipitation at McMechen, indicate that such colluvial masses form continuously and do not require periglacial conditions to explain their existence.
Processes of colluvial slope development at MC Mechen, west Virginia
Gray, R. E. (author) / Gardner, G. D. (author)
1977
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
BKL:
56.00$jBauwesen: Allgemeines
/
38.58
Geomechanik
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38.58$jGeomechanik
/
56.20
Ingenieurgeologie, Bodenmechanik
/
56.00
Bauwesen: Allgemeines
/
56.20$jIngenieurgeologie$jBodenmechanik
RVK:
ELIB18
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