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Landslides in Sensitive Clays – From Geosciences to Risk Management Read chapter Read first chapter

2014 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

13. The Use of Geophysics for Sensitive Clay Investigations

Authors : Shane Donohue, Michael Long, Jean-Sébastien L’Heureux, Inger-Lise Solberg, Guillaume Sauvin, Magnus Rømoen, Thomas Kalscheuer, Mehrdad Bastani, Lena Persson, Isabelle Lecomte, Peter O’Connor

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Abstract

Marine clay deposits in coastal, post-submarine areas of Scandinavia and North America may be subjected to quick clay landslides and hence significant efforts are being taken to map their occurrence and extent. Recently, considerable efforts by a number of researchers have been made to investigate areas of sensitive clay using a range of geophysical techniques. Although the majority of this work has focussed on measurements of electrical resistivity, other electromagnetic and seismic geophysical techniques have also received attention in the literature. The purpose of this paper is to review recent research concerning the effectiveness of a number of geophysical techniques for investigating sensitive clays. In addition to discussing a number of case studies, this review will also consider recent work showing the correlation of geophysical measurements, and in particular electrical resistivity, with a range of relevant engineering properties.

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Metadata
Title
The Use of Geophysics for Sensitive Clay Investigations
Authors
Shane Donohue
Michael Long
Jean-Sébastien L’Heureux
Inger-Lise Solberg
Guillaume Sauvin
Magnus Rømoen
Thomas Kalscheuer
Mehrdad Bastani
Lena Persson
Isabelle Lecomte
Peter O’Connor
Copyright Year
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
Landslides in Sensitive Clays

Print ISBN: 978-94-007-7078-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-94-007-7079-9

Copyright Year: 2014

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7079-9_13