Geotechnical engineering works in deep-incised valleys or open-pit mining areas often encounter high-steep scarp slopes with a slope angle greater than 75°. This type of slope directly threatens the safety of construction personnel, so assessing...
In Southwest China large-scale hydropower projects, the hydraulic conductivity and fracture aperture within the rock mass of a reservoir bank slope has dramatically undergone a time series of evolution during dam abutment excavation, reservoir impoun...
Surface movement and deformation induced by underground coal mining causes slopes to collapse. Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) real-time monitoring can provide early warnings and prevent disasters. A stability analysis of high-steep slopes...
Steep rock slopes present key opportunities and challenges within Earth science applications. Due to partial or complete inaccessibility, high-precision surveys of these high-relief landscapes remain a challenge. Direct georeferencing (DG) of unoccup...
The existing slope stability research, which is based on the fluid–solid coupling theory, is mainly focused on the slopes of central and eastern China. The impact of rainfall on the stability of the dump slope has often been ignored. It is wort...
Due to the intrinsic side-looking geometry of synthetic aperture radar (SAR), time series interferometric SAR is only able to monitor displacements in line-of-sight (LOS) direction, which limits the accuracy of displacement measurement in landslide m...
Soil substrate plays a central role in the vegetation restoration of high and steep slopes, especially in semi-arid regions. This study aims to develop an optimal soil substrate that can provide a favorable environment for the vegetation growth of th...
Using prestressed anchor cables is one of the most common approaches for reinforcing slopes. By establishing a calculation model for a high and steep slope, the changes of displacement of slope foot and increment of force on the cables under differen...
Ecological restoration of abandoned mines with high and steep slopes is challenging due to their steepness, water scarcity, and lack of soil, and restoration effects vary with applied techniques. This study aims to assess the ecological restoration e...
Ecological restoration is difficult on the steep rocky slopes (SRS) in rainy areas in South China that experience severe soil erosion. The disintegration resistance of steep-rocky-slope wall-hanging soil (SRSWS) is a crucial topic in the field of new...
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The stability of high and steep slopes in open-pit mines is closely related to the mine operations and the lives of the surrounding residents, so it is important to ensure the safety and stability of the slopes. Hazard classification and stability an...
Monitoring steep slopes in mountainous canyon areas has always been a challenging problem, especially during the construction of large hydropower projects. Effective monitoring is crucial for construction safety and operational security. However, und...
The reinforcement effect of single-reinforced soil support under external loading has limitations, and it is difficult for it to meet engineering stability requirements. Therefore, the stability analysis of slopes supported by a combination of anti-s...
In recent years, the frequent occurrence of slope failures has brought the issue of slope problems to the forefront of widespread public concern, which significantly impedes progress toward the secure and sustainable development of open-pit mines. An...
With the increasing mining depth, the stability of open-pit mine slopes has become an increasingly important concern. This study focuses on an open-pit mine in Southwest China and utilizes unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology to gather data from...
Rainfall is one of the most important factors affecting slope stability. This study employed multi-source monitoring devices to observe the slope displacements in real time under rainfall infiltration and performed numerical simulations to investigat...
In order to alleviate the risk of landslides on high and steep slopes during excavation, slope protection coal pillars are commonly increased at the site to maintain slope stability, which causes a considerable waste of coal. In roof cutting for pres...
In order to study the instability development process of the slope reinforced by anti-slide piles under earthquake conditions, the dynamic response characteristics of the slope are usually taken as the main characteristics, and the model test and num...
In the mining industry, with numerical simulation analysis of stope roof stability, stope exposed area computation, and pillar buckling collapse simulation, backfill body creep damage mechanism research is becoming the most popular method in the fiel...
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based geological mapping is significant for understanding the geological structure in the high-steep slopes, but the images obtained in these areas are inevitably influenced by the backlit effect because of the undulatin...
As a crucial component in mining engineering, the instability of waste dumps can lead to severe engineering accidents and significant economic losses. This study focuses on the stability of steep slopes in open-pit waste dumps, particularly under sho...
Accurate and comprehensive characterization of high-steep slopes is crucial for real-time risk prediction, disaster assessment, and damage evolution monitoring. The study focused on a high-steep rocky slope along the Yanjiang Expressway in Sichuan Pr...
In hilly regions, landslides or slope failures are very common phenomena, when underground mineral resources are excavated. In this study, some landslide disasters in a mountain mining area were analyzed. The engineering geological and instability re...
In recent years, geological disasters have frequently occurred on basarlt highway slopes. Studying the stability of highway slopes in this type of area is of great significance for traffic safety. However, due to the high cost and low efficiency of t...
For the stability analysis of rock slope, it is very critical to obtain the spatial geometric characteristics of the structural surfaces of the rock mass accurately and effectively. As for a high-steep rock slope of an iron ore mine, in order to solv...
In seasonally frozen soil areas, high-steep rocky slopes resulting from open-pit mining and slope cutting during road construction undergo slow natural restoration, making ecological restoration generally challenging. In order to improve the problems...
The Journal retracts the article entitled “Study on Mechanical Properties of Soil Stabilization by Different Vegetation Roots on High Steep Slope” by Ding et al. [...]
The tensile and shear properties of plant roots are important factors that determine their slope protection and are also direct indicators for evaluating plant roots for slope protection. In order to explore the soil-fixing properties of root system...
The influence of seismic waves induced by explosion sources on the dynamic response characteristics of rock slope sites is one of the most important problems affecting engineering construction. To investigate the wave propagation characteristics and...
The revegetation of steep slopes after mining and infrastructure projects is not an easy task. To enhance the effectiveness of revegetation projects, the present study aimed to review (i) specific challenges of steep slope revegetation, (ii) ecologic...
In order to improve the prediction accuracy of blast vibration velocity, the model for predicting the peak particle velocity of blast vibration using the XGBoost (Extreme Gradient Boosting) method is improved, and the EWT–XGBoost model is estab...
In times of global insect decline, agricultural ecosystems need to be designed in an as insect-friendly manner as possible to halt the progressive loss of biodiversity. This is particularly important for steep-slope viticulture being established on s...
The transport and deposition of atmospheric particulate matter have attracted significant attention recently due to the increasing frequency of extreme disaster events, such as dust storms, volcanic eruptions, and extensive forest fires. The size dis...
Spaceborne interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) techniques are important for landslide detection and monitoring; however, several limitations and uncertainties, such as the unique north–south flying direction and side-look radar obs...
Traditional timber harvests on steep slopes have been conducted through labor-intensive and sometimes environmentally impactful methods, such as manual felling with chainsaws and extraction using bladed skid trails, winching, or cable yarding. Ground...
Landslides are one of the critical natural hazards that cause human, infrastructure, and economic losses. Risk of catastrophic losses due to landslides is significant given sprawled urban development near steep slopes and the increasing proximity of...
Steep slopes, characterized by their high gradient and limited soil and water resources, pose significant challenges to plant colonization. Consequently, the ecological restoration of steep slopes is one of the major challenges in the field of mine s...
Steep slopes in soft rock are characterized by their susceptibility to instability (rockfall, rockslide) due to weathering and erosion of the slope surface. This article deals with the problem of adapting to the increasing height of the scree slope....
Water majorly contributes to soil erosion. Considering Japan’s humid and rainy climate, severe soil erosion challenges persist even though forests are the country’s dominant land type. Although numerous studies have emphasized the impact...
With the acceleration of urbanization, the demand for construction land has increased sharply. High and steep slope excavation has become an important way to provide construction sites, but its stability is directly related to engineering safety and...
Seismic, core, drilling, logging, and thin-section data are considered to analyze the reservoir diversity in the east, middle, and west fan of the Liushagang Formation in the steep-slope zone of the Weixinan Sag, Beibuwan Basin. Three factors primari...
In order to improve the starting smoothness of new-energy vehicles under multiple working conditions and meet the driving intention better, and to make the control strategy have high portability and integration, a starting control method for vehicle...
Due to the high flow velocity and easy cavitation of high-head drainage tunnels, it is usually necessary to set up aeration facilities. In particular, when the bottom slope of the tunnel is mild, the aeration facilities often have problems such as di...
The erodibility and erosion resistance of Quaternary sediments play a pivotal role in both the hydrologic and erosion processes of soil cut slopes. To investigate the runoff and sediment yield of soil cut slopes along the Pai-Mo road, we performed in...
Mountain ecosystems are unique and complex environments characterised by their high altitudes, steep slopes, and significant climatic variations [...]
Watersheds are critical ecosystems that provide essential services, but they face increasing threats from deforestation, land use changes, and climate variability. The Mata Allo Sub-Watershed, which is characterized by steep topography and high rainf...
Soil erosion poses a significant threat to the sustainability of land systems in karst mountainous regions, where steep slopes, shallow soils, and intensive human activities exacerbate land degradation, undermining both the productive functions and e...
This paper presents new data from large-scale wave flume experiments. It shows the beach profile evolution and sediment transport for two different bed slopes (1:15 and 1:25), and three irregular high-energy erosive wave conditions and one low-energy...
Landslides are a persistent and destructive hazard in Angra dos Reis, located in the highlands of Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil, where steep slopes, intense orographic rainfall, and unregulated urban expansion converge to trigger recurren...
With increased urbanization, accidents related to slope instability are frequently encountered in construction sites. The deformation and failure mechanism of a landslide is a complex dynamic process, which seriously threatens people’s lives an...
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