Slope stability evaluation and monitoring of a landslide: a case study from NE Turkey
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Slope stability evaluation and monitoring of a landslide: a case study from NE Turkey Ayberk KAYA1*
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7278-333X;
Ümit Murat MİDİLLİ2
e-mail: [email protected]
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2265-493X; e-mail: [email protected]
*Corresponding author 1 Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Civil Engineering, Rize 53100, Turkey 2 Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Geological Engineering, Rize 53100, Turkey Citation: Kaya A, Midilli ÜM (2020) Slope stability evaluation and monitoring of a landslide: a case study from NE Turkey. Journal of Mountain Science 17(11). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-020-6306-x
© Science Press, Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, CAS and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract: Landslides are quite common natural hazards in the eastern Black Sea region of NE Turkey. Following the heavy rainfall in the Köprülü (Rize) village settlement area, located in this region where the slope debris overlies the agglomerates, a failure occurred. Due to the developed tension cracks and deformations on the ground, houses, tea gardens, and roads were damaged completely. To figure out the causes and mechanism of the sliding and to suggest the precautions, a detailed geotechnical study was carried out. Along the five survey lines, twelve boreholes were drilled with a total depth of 300 meters. Also, the geophysical surveys on ten profiles were conducted and the inclinometer measurements were taken in five boreholes. Undisturbed and disturbed samples were collected and laboratory experiments were performed. Inclinometer measurements indicated that the sliding started in the slope debris and then spread to the agglomeratic bedrock. The slope stability was examined using the limit equilibrium (LE) and finite element (FEM) analysis methods. The results of the slope stability analyses showed that the failure mode is talus slide with composite shape and outputs coincide with the inclinometer monitoring results. Based on the collected data, it is determined that there will be unavoidable engineering problems if no precautions Received: 02-Jul-2020 Revised: 28-Jul-2020 Accepted: 10-Oct-2020
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are taken. Because of the negative reasons which make the application of supporting methods meaningless in the study area, it is considered that transferring the residences to a safer place without risk of natural hazards will be economical and reliable. Keywords: Landslide; Stability Analysis; Monitoring; Precaution; Köprülü Village
Introduction Thousands of people die every year as a result of mass movements that are triggered by seismic and volcanic activities, heavy rains, and human effects, while the national economies lose billions of dollars in material damage. In addition to these, destruction of natural vegetation, construction activities on the slopes opened to the settlement with
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