Slope failures in Hong Kong
- 1 February 1975
- journal article
- Published by Geological Society of London in Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology
- Vol. 8 (1) , 31-65
- https://doi.org/10.1144/gsl.qjeg.1975.008.01.02
Abstract
Summary: The recurrence of slope failures in residual soils of Hong Kong is analysed for the period 1950 to 1973, and various factors contributing to the instability are described. It is postulated that the prime cause of the failures is direct infiltration of rain water into the surficial zones of the slopes, producing a loss of effective cohesion following the saturation of the soil. Prevention of slips implies protection against excessive infiltration.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Residual Soils of Hong KongGéotechnique, 1965
- The Properties of Decomposed GraniteGéotechnique, 1962
- The geology of Hong KongQuarterly Journal of the Geological Society, 1959
- WEATHERING OF GRANITE AND ASSOCIATED EROSIONAL FEATURES IN HONG KONGGSA Bulletin, 1957