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- Title
- Landslide at the Port of Nice on October 16, 1979.
- File
- PB91210914.pdf
- Author(s)
- Seed, H. B.; Seed, R. B.; Schlosser, F.; Blondeau, F.; Juran, I.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., June 1988, 78 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- UCB/EERC-88/10
- Abstract
- On the afternoon of October 16, 1979 a major slide occurred in the fill which had been placed to construct the new port at Nice. The early interpretation of the associated events led to the conclusion that the slide in the port fill had triggered a massive underwater landslide which, in turn, caused the tidal wave, but did not explain the occurrence of the slide in the port fill in the first place. A comprehensive investigation was initiated by the French authorities. The report presents a review of the studies performed to evaluate the stability of the construction and to investigate the probable cause of the major slide.
- Keywords
- Harbors; Strains; Nice (France); Subsurface investigations; Landslides; Water waves; Soil stabilization; Stability; Earthquake engineering; Earth fills; Stress analysis; Slopes; Soil mechanics