Identification of the Causes of a Landslide in Koronowo (Polish Lowlands)

• Autorzy: Zabuski Lesław , Kulczykowski Marek , Świdziński Waldemar

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DOI

10.1515/heem-2019-0004

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper discusses difficulties of identifying the causes of a landslide. These difficulties are illustrated in the example of a catastrophic landslide on the embankment of the western bank of the Brda River, which affected a bridge abutment of a disused narrow-gauge railway line from Bydgoszcz to Koronowo (Polish Lowlands). The railway was closed in 1992, and after the removal of the track, the bridge served as a pedestrian overpass. The landslide occurred in February 2011. Investigations revealed that the first signs of the landslide were cracks and subsidence that appeared at the embankment crest. Then, an initially slow movement accelerated suddenly, resulting in an over 45 m total displacement of the soil mass. The primary passive cause of the landslide movement resulted from the geology of the mass (loose soils underlain by cohesive soils) and from the steep inclination of the embankment surface. Active causes, however, are often ambiguous. In this case, no significant apparent phenomena which could trigger the movement occurred in the days preceding its initiation. Therefore, a detailed analysis of atmospheric conditions was carried out to identify and explain the causes. It was proved that the fundamental triggering cause of the landslide was a combination of rainfall, snowfall, snow-melting and air temperature. Moreover, an important cause was a faulty construction of a ditch with a sewage pipe on the crest of the embankment.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

landslide causes; landslide development; atmospheric conditions; faulty construction

• Wydawca: Institute of Hydro-Engineering of Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Archives of Hydro-Engineering and Environmental Mechanics
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: Vol. 66, nr 1-2
• Strony: 47--56
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 15 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Zabuski Lesław

• Institute of Hydro-Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, 80-328, Gdańsk, Poland

autor

Kulczykowski Marek

• Institute of Hydro-Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, 80-328, Gdańsk, Poland

autor

Świdziński Waldemar

• Institute of Hydro-Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, 80-328, Gdańsk, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2020).