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Slope collapse in a self-contained residential neighborhood

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Causes of the collapse of a slope in a self-contained residential neighborhood are examined. Measures taken as a result of rapidly performed research and developments are described, and recommendations are given for the prevention of this phenomenon in self-contained residential neighborhoods situated on loess soils.

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Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 3, pp. 28–30, May–June, 1999.

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Ginzburg, L.K., Shvets, V.B. Slope collapse in a self-contained residential neighborhood. Soil Mech Found Eng 36, 113–116 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02471227

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