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Analysis of Seasonal Slope Acceleration at the Beauregard Dam Site (Italy) Using CrEAM

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The Beauregard dam site is affected by a large creeping rockslide on the left abutment slope. Slope displacements mainly occur during spring and early summer, and correlate with elevated groundwater conditions after snow melt. The relationship between piezometric conditions and slope displacement rate is investigated with the Creep Equilibrium Analysis Method (CrEAM, Engl 2013), applying both simple and complex viscous constitutive models. Creep parameters are back-calculated using monitoring data and compared with laboratory creep test results. The analyses reveal notable differences between the viscous models performance, as well as between laboratory and back-calculated creep parameters.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Institute of Applied Geosciences, Graz University of Technology, Rechbauerstraße 12, 8010, Graz, Austria

    Daniela Anna Engl & D. Scott Kieffer

  2. Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italy

    Giovanni Barla

  3. Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-IRPI), Via della Madonna Alta 126, 06128, Perugia, Italy

    Maria Elena Martinotti

  4. Dipartimento di Protezione Civile, Via Vitorchiano 2, 00189, Roma, Italy

    Maria Elena Martinotti

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  1. Daniela Anna Engl
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Correspondence to Daniela Anna Engl .

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  1. Inst. for Geo-hydrological Protection, National Research Council (CNR), Turin, Italy

    Giorgio Lollino

  2. Inst. for Geo-hydrological Protection, National Research Council (CNR), Turin, Italy

    Daniele Giordan

  3. Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Milan Bicocca, Milan, Italy

    Giovanni B. Crosta

  4. Dept. of Geotechn. Engin. & Geosciences, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

    Jordi Corominas

  5. Dept. of Engin. Geology and Hydrogeology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

    Rafig Azzam

  6. Inst. for Geo-hydrological Protection, National Research Council (CNR), Bari, Italy

    Janusz Wasowski

  7. University G. D'Annunzi Chieti Pescara, Chieti, Italy

    Nicola Sciarra

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Engl, D.A., Barla, G., Martinotti, M.E., Kieffer, D.S. (2015). Analysis of Seasonal Slope Acceleration at the Beauregard Dam Site (Italy) Using CrEAM. In: Lollino, G., et al. Engineering Geology for Society and Territory - Volume 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09057-3_33

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