caa a22 4500 605454701 CHVBK 20210128100208.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10064-014-0632-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10064-014-0632-6 An approach for characterising the weathering behaviour of Flysch slopes applied to the carbonatic Flysch of Alicante (Spain) [Elektronische Daten] [M. Cano, R. Tomás] Various studies indicate that most of the slope instabilities affecting Flysch heterogeneous rock masses are related to differential weathering of the lithologies that make up the slope. Therefore, the weathering characteristics of the intact rock are of great importance for the study of these types of slopes and their associated instability processes. The main aim of this study is to characterise the weathering properties of the different lithologies outcropping in the carbonatic Flysch of Alicante (Spain), in order to understand the effects of environmental weathering on them, following slope excavation. To this end, 151 strata samples obtained from 11 different slopes, 5-40years old, were studied. The lithologies were identified and their mechanical characteristics obtained using field and laboratory tests. Additionally, the slaking properties of intact rocks were determined, and a classification system proposed based on the first and fifth slake cycles (Id1 and Id5 respectively) and an Index of Weathering (IW5), defined in the study. Information obtained from the laboratory and the field was used to characterise the weathering behaviour of the rocks. Furthermore, the slaking properties determined from laboratory tests were related to the in-situ weathering properties of rocks (i.e., the weathering profile, patterns and length, and weathering rate). The proposed relationship between laboratory test results, field data, and in-situ observations provides a useful tool for predicting the response of slopes to weathering after excavation during the preliminary stages of design. Springer - Verlag GmbH & Co KG Berlin-Heidelberg, 2014 Carbonatic Flysch lithologies nationallicence Slake Durability Test nationallicence Index of weathering nationallicence Weathering profile nationallicence Weathering rate nationallicence Lithologies carbonatées du Flysch nationallicence Essai cyclique de durabilité nationallicence Index d'effritement nationallicence Profil d'effritement nationallicence Taux d'effritement nationallicence Cano M. Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Alicante, P.O. Box 99, 03080, Alicante, Spain aut Tomás R. Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Alicante, P.O. Box 99, 03080, Alicante, Spain aut Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment Springer Berlin Heidelberg 74/2(2015-05-01), 443-463 1435-9529 74:2<443 2015 74 10064 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-014-0632-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-014-0632-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cano M. Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Alicante, P.O. Box 99, 03080, Alicante, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tomás R. Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Escuela Politécnica Superior, Universidad de Alicante, P.O. Box 99, 03080, Alicante, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment Springer Berlin Heidelberg 74/2(2015-05-01), 443-463 1435-9529 74:2<443 2015 74 10064