Journal Title
Title of Journal: Bull Eng Geol Environ
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Abbravation: Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
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Publisher
Springer-Verlag
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Authors: Shengwen Qi Zhong Qi Yue Chunling Liu Yuande Zhou
Publish Date: 2009/04/22
Volume: 68, Issue: 2, Pages: 195-200
Abstract
Relocation of the town of Fengjie due to the impounding of the Three Gorges reservoir involved some significant excavations into the valley slopes It was noted that the mainly calcareous strata in gullies had a northerly dip while in the excavation the dips were subhorizontal and even southerly towards the Yangtze River The paper discusses the process which leads to this change in dip in the superficial strata This is particularly significant where orthogonal subvertical discontinuities are present such that gravitational effects result in blocks toppling out of the free faceThe authors would like to thank Faquan Wu for his constructive suggestions and Zhonghua Chang and Haiyan Liu for their kind help with the field work The study is part of research work under grant No 40772188 of the China Natural Science Foundation and the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong SAR Government
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