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Titel Instability mechanisms affecting cultural heritage sites in the Maltese Archipelago
VerfasserIn G. Gigli, W. Frodella, F. Mugnai, D. Tapete, F. Cigna, R. Fanti, E. Intrieri, L. Lombardi
Medientyp Artikel
Sprache Englisch
ISSN 1561-8633
Digitales Dokument URL
Erschienen In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Science ; 12, no. 6 ; Nr. 12, no. 6 (2012-06-14), S.1883-1903
Datensatznummer 250010921
Publikation (Nr.) Volltext-Dokument vorhandencopernicus.org/nhess-12-1883-2012.pdf
 
Zusammenfassung
The superimposition of geological formations with marked contrast in geotechnical properties presents one of the most critical environments for slope instability due to the different response of the materials to the applied disturbances. Moreover, the above-mentioned geological setting is often associated with high risk conditions, since many isolated rock slabs located at a higher altitude than the surrounding countryside have been sites of historical towns or buildings.

The purpose of the present paper is to investigate the mechanisms determining instability in rock slabs overlying a soft substratum, with reference to two cultural heritage sites in Malta. Accurate investigations have been carried out to evaluate the geological, geotechnical and geomechanical properties together with the main geomorphological features of the soft clayey substratum and the overlying limestone rock mass.

The main instability processes have thus been identified and investigated through kinematic analyses and numerical modeling, combined with a 1992–2001 Persistent Scatterers monitoring of ground displacements. The study constitutes the basis for the subsequent restoration works.
 
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