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Landslides in Sensitive Clays

From Geosciences to Risk Management

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Editors:
  1. Jean-Sébastien L'Heureux

    1. Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Trondheim, Norway

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  2. Ariane Locat

    1. Department of Civil Engineering and Water Engineering, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

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  3. Serge Leroueil

    1. Department of Civil Engineering and Water Engineering, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

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  4. Denis Demers

    1. Service de la géotechnique et de la géologie, Ministère des Transports du Québec, Quebec, Canada

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  5. Jacques Locat

    1. Department of Geology adn Geological Engineering, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

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  • Unique subject tackled in very few other publications
  • State-of-the-art perspective of landslides in sensitive clays and their consequences
  • Consideration on the source, nature, development and characterization of sensitive clays
  • Engineering contemplation, modelling and slope stability assessment in sensitive clays
  • Hazard and risk management consideration in sensitive clay terrain

Part of the book series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research (NTHR, volume 36)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Landslides in Sensitive Clays – From Geosciences to Risk Management

    • Jean-Sébastien L’Heureux, Ariane Locat, Serge Leroueil, Denis Demers, Jacques Locat
    Pages 1-12

  3. Sensitive Clay: Source, Nature and Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. Chemistry, Sensitivity and Quick-Clay Landslide Amelioration

      • J. Kenneth Torrance
      Pages 15-24

    3. Nature of Sensitive Clays from Québec

      • Jacques Locat, Daniel St-Gelais
      Pages 25-37

    4. Three-Dimensional Quick-Clay Modeling of the Gothenburg Region, Sweden

      • M. A. Persson
      Pages 39-50

    5. Ion Exchange as a Cause of Natural Restabilisation of Quick Clay – A Model Study

      • Pascal Suer, Hjördis Löfroth, Yvonne Andersson-Sköld
      Pages 51-62

    6. Potassium Chloride as Ground Improvement in Quick Clay Areas – A Preliminary Study

      • Tonje E. Helle, Ingelin Gjengedal, Arnfinn Emdal, Per Aagaard, Øyvind Høydal
      Pages 63-74

  4. Landslide Characterization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Inventory of Large Landslides in Sensitive Clay in the Province of Québec, Canada: Preliminary Analysis

      • Denis Demers, Denis Robitaille, Pascal Locat, Janelle Potvin
      Pages 77-89

    3. Characterization of Post-failure Movements of Landslides in Soft Sensitive Clays

      • V. Thakur, S. A. Degago, F. Oset, R. Aabøe, B. K. Dolva, K. Aunaas et al.
      Pages 91-103

    4. Controls on the Dimensions of Landslides in Sensitive Clays

      • Marten Geertsema, Jean-Sébastien L’Heureux
      Pages 105-117

    5. Prehistoric Sensitive Clay Landslides and Paleoseismicity in the Ottawa Valley, Canada

      • Gregory R. Brooks
      Pages 119-131

    6. Characterization and Post-failure Analysis of the 1980 Landslide in Sensitive Clays at Havre-St-Pierre, Québec, Canada

      • Pascal Locat, Serge Leroueil, Jacques Locat, Denis Demers
      Pages 133-144

    7. The Evolution of Material Properties Within an In Situ Shear Zone in Sensitive Clay

      • Jean-Sébastien L’Heureux, Ragnar Moholdt, Vidar Gjelsvik, Einar Lyche
      Pages 145-156

  5. Integrated Geotechnical and Geophysical Site Investigations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. The Use of Geophysics for Sensitive Clay Investigations

      • Shane Donohue, Michael Long, Jean-Sébastien L’Heureux, Inger-Lise Solberg, Guillaume Sauvin, Magnus Rømoen et al.
      Pages 159-178

    3. Applications of 2D Resistivity Measurements for Quick-Clay Mapping in Mid Norway

      • Inger-Lise Solberg, Louise Hansen, Jan Steinar Rønning, Einar Dalsegg
      Pages 179-191

    4. An Integrated Approach to Quick-Clay Mapping Based on Resistivity Measurements and Geotechnical Investigations

      • Andreas Aspmo Pfaffhuber, Sara Bazin, Tonje E. Helle
      Pages 193-204

    5. Geophysical and Geotechnical Investigations for a Major Highway in a Quick-Clay Area

      • Rolf Sandven, Inger-Lise Solberg
      Pages 205-216
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Landslides in sensitive clays represent a major hazard in the northern countries of the world such as Canada, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and in the US state of Alaska. Past and recent examples of catastrophic landslides at e.g. Saint-Jean-Vianney in 1971, Rissa in 1979, Finneidfjord in 1996 and Kattmarka in 2009 have illustrated the great mobility of the remolded sensitive clays and their hazardous retrogressive potential. These events call for a better understanding of landslide in sensitive clay terrain to assist authorities with state-of-the-art hazard assessment methods, risk management schemes, mitigation measures and planning. During the last decades the elevated awareness regarding slope movement in sensitive clays has led to major advances in mapping techniques and development of highly sophisticated geotechnical and geophysical investigation tools. Great advances in numerical techniques dealing with progressive failure and landslide kinematic have also lead to increase understanding and predictability of landslides in sensitive clays and their consequences. This volume consists of the latest scientific research by international experts dealing with geological, geotechnical and geophysical aspects of slope failure in sensitive clays and focuses on understanding the full spectrum of challenges presented by landslides in such brittle materials.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Trondheim, Norway

    Jean-Sébastien L'Heureux

  • Department of Civil Engineering and Water Engineering, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

    Ariane Locat, Serge Leroueil

  • Service de la géotechnique et de la géologie, Ministère des Transports du Québec, Quebec, Canada

    Denis Demers

  • Department of Geology adn Geological Engineering, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

    Jacques Locat

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