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May 01, 2001
Bedding-parallel shear zones as landslide mechanisms in horizontal sedimentary rocks; discussion and reply
James V. Hamel;
James V. Hamel
Hamel Geotechnical Consultants, Monroeville, PA, United States
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M. W. Hart
M. W. Hart
MW Hart Engineering Geology, United States
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James V. Hamel
Hamel Geotechnical Consultants, Monroeville, PA, United States
M. W. Hart
MW Hart Engineering Geology, United States
Publisher: Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists
First Online:
02 Mar 2017
Online ISSN: 1558-9161
Print ISSN: 1078-7275
GeoRef, Copyright 2004, American Geological Institute.
Environmental & Engineering Geoscience (2001) 7 (2): 217–219.
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First Online:
02 Mar 2017
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James V. Hamel, M. W. Hart; Bedding-parallel shear zones as landslide mechanisms in horizontal sedimentary rocks; discussion and reply. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience 2001;; 7 (2): 217–219. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gseegeosci.7.2.217
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- Allegheny County Pennsylvania
- Bearpaw Formation
- bedding
- California
- causes
- Cretaceous
- deformation
- diagenesis
- failures
- faults
- ground water
- levels
- mass movements
- mechanism
- Mesozoic
- Pennsylvania
- Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
- planar bedding structures
- rock mechanics
- rockslides
- San Diego California
- San Diego County California
- sedimentary rocks
- sedimentary structures
- shear strength
- shear zones
- slope stability
- soil mechanics
- stress
- United States
- Upper Cretaceous
- weak rocks
- valley stress relief
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