Investigation and Management of Soft Rock Cliffs

Title: Investigation and Management of Soft Rock Cliffs
Author: A. R. Clark, E. M. Lee
ISBN: 0727729853 / 9780727729859
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 400
Publisher: Thomas Telford
Year: 2002
Availability: Out of Stock

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Cliff recession and coastal landsliding of soft rock cliffs present significant threats to land use and development.

Investigation and management of soft rock cliffs presents state-of-the-art guidance on how eroding cliffs can best be managed, stressing the need to consider both structural and non-structural solutions to cliff recession problems. This authoritative text outlines the investigation approaches, measurement and monitoring techniques, and prediction methods available for obtaining the necessary cliff recession information to support different stages of the decision-making process.

Throughout the book, it stresses that every cliff is unique because of the controlling influence of the site geology and geomorphology on the recession process. There is, therefore, no single method to tackling cliff problems; investigation and management of each cliff can only be determined on the ground, drawing upon expert judgement, experience and thorough site investigation and data analysis.

Investigation and management of soft rock cliffs will provide coastal engineers, geotechnical engineers, geomorphologists, planners and students with an invaluable resource when faced with a range of issues on cliffed coastlines.

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Preface

Chapter 1 : Cliff Behaviour
Chapter 2 : A Framework for Cliff Management
Chapter 3 : Measurement and Monitoring of Cliff Recession
Chapter 4 : Prediction of Recession Rates
Chapter 5 : Erosion Control Techniques : Economic Issues
Chapter 6 : Erosion Control Techniques : Technical Issues
Chapter 7 : Erosion Control : Environmental Issues
Chapter 8 : Summary and Conclusions

Index