Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4744664 | Engineering Geology | 2009 | 19 Pages |
Abstract
The fact that future events can affect some remaining settlements and the segment of the Pan American Highway, between Chinandega and León, motivated an analysis of the stability of the remaining slope using parameters calibrated in the back-analyses of the 1998 flank failure. The results indicated that the remaining slope is stable as long as groundwater levels in the northern and southern area are deeper than 65Â m and 90Â m respectively (relative to the points of maximum elevation on the analysed section) and the colluvium deposits in the southern area are not removed from the toe of the slope.
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Authors
Graziella Devoli, José Cepeda, Norman Kerle,