PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME

1st day - 21 October 2013

   
09.00-09.30 Opening:
  F. Rossi (Rector, Seconda Università di Napoli, ITA)
  G. Manfredi (Vice-Rector, Università di Napoli Federico II, ITA)
  E. Alonso (Professor, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, SPA)
  S. Aversa (Chairman, Associazione Geotecnica Italiana, ITA)
  L. Picarelli (Chairman, Organizing Committee, ITA)
   
   
Session 1 - Landslides in HSWRs and Relevant Material Properties
   
09.30-10.30 Introductory reports
  Chairman: S. Aversa
   
09.30-10.00 J. Corominas (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, SPA)
  "A textural classification of argillaceous rocks and their durability"
   
10.00-10.30 E. Alonso (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, SPA)
  Slope stability in slightly fissured claystones and marls
   
10.30-11.00 Coffee break
   
11.00-12.30 Introductory reports
  Chairman: S. Aversa
   
11.00-11.30 L. Picarelli (Seconda Università di Napoli, ITA)
  Lithological inhomogeneity, bonding weakness and fissuring intensity, the main factors which govern the hydro-mechanical behavior of Italian tectonized fine-grained deposits
   
11.30-12.00 Z. Arbanas (Rijeika University, CRO)
  Landslides in the Flysch Deposits in the Rječina River Valley, Croatia
   
12.00-12.30 M. Kavvadas (Technical University of Athens, GRE)
  "Modeling of HSWR for the Investigation of Landslides"
   
12.30-13.30 Break
   
13.30-14.30 Invited contributions
  Chairman and Discussion Leader: C. Viggiani
   
13.30-13.50 R. Cardoso (Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbona, POR)
  "Simulation of the physical degradation of natural slopes of Jurassic marls when excavated and subjected to suction changes"
   
13.50-14.10 B. Abolmasov (Belgrado University, SER)
  "The geotechnical model of landslides in the weathered Neogene marls with reference to Belgrade area, Serbia"
   
14.10-14.30 Questions and short discussion
   
14.30-16.00 Invited contributions
  Chairman and Discussion Leader: C. Viggiani
   
14.30-14.50 F. Cotecchia (Università di Bari, ITA)
  "Instability processes in slopes location of intensely fissured clays: case histories in the Southern Apennines"

 

14.50-15.10 N. Huvaj (Middle East University, Ankara, TUR)
  "Reactivated landslides in stiff clays and shales: the role of discontinuities"

 

15.10-15.30 C. Di Maio (Università della Basilicata, ITA)
  Shear strength and shear creep behaviour of the Costa della Gaveta landslide clay shale
   
15.30-16.00 Questions and short discussion
   
16.00-16.20 Coffee break
   
16.20-16.50 Invited contributions
  Chairman and Discussion Leader: C. Scavia
   
16.20-16.40 P. Marinos (Technical University of Athens, GRE)
  Landslides in flysch
   
16.40-16.50 Questions and short discussion
   
16.50-18.30 Invited contributions
  Chairman and Discussion Leader: C. Scavia
   
16.50-17.10 M. Jamei (National Engineering School of Tunis, TUN)
  "An overview of recent Landslides in the North of Tunisia: description and practical solutions"
   
17.10-17.30 M.A. Allal (Tlemcen University, ALG)
  Au sujet des glissements de terrain dans l'ouest algérien; présentation de quelques cas d'études
   
17.30-18.30 Short presentations and general discussion




2nd day - 22 October 2013 

   
Session 2 - Mechanisms of earthflows
   
09.00-09.10 Opening
  L. Picarelli
   
09.10-10.30 Invited contributions
  Chairman and Discussion Leader: G.B. Crosta
   
09.10-09.40 G. Belokas (Technical University of Athens, GRE)
  The Tsakona landslide in Peloponnese – Greece
   
09.40-10.10 G. Bertolini (Autorità di Bacino del Fiume Po, ITA)
  The earthflows in the Emilia Apennines (Italy) with reference to those reactivated in April 2013
   
10.10-10.30 Questions and short discussion
   
10.30-10.50 Coffee Break
   
10.50-12.10 Invited contributions
  Chairman and Discussion Leader: G.B. Crosta
   
10.50-11.20 S. Cola (Università di Padova, ITA)
  "Evolutionary behaviour of the Tessina landslide and analysis of possible mitigation measures"
   
11.20-11.50 J.-P. Malet (Institut de Physique du Globe, Strasbourg, FRA)
  Monitoring and near-real time forecasting of landslide surface displacements using continuous GNSS observations and a combined statistical-mechanical model: the service of the French Landslide Observatory - OMIV
   
11.50-12.10 Questions and short discussion
   
12.10-13.30 Break
   
13.30-14.40 Invited contributions
  Chairman and Discussion Leader: G.B. Crosta
   
13.30-13.50 M. Berti (Università di Bologna, ITA)
  Groundwater and ground displacement monitoring at the Montecchi earthflow (Northern Apennines, Italy)
   
13.50-14.20 A. Petkovsek (University of Ljubljana, SLO)
  "Lessons learned from the 6 years matrix suction monitoring on the Slano Blato landslide ( Slovenia)"

 

14.20-14.40 Questions and short discussion
   
14.40-16.00 Invited contributions
  Chairman and Discussion Leader: G.B. Crosta
   
14.40-15.10 R. Poisel (Technische Universitat Wien, AUS)
  "The mechanism of the Gschliefgraben earthflow (Austria)"
   
15.10-15.40 J. Moya (Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, SPA)
  A simplified analysis of the reactivation potential of mudslides"
   
15.40-16.00 Questions and short discussion
   
16.00-16.20 Coffee break
   
16.20-18.00 Invited contributions
  Chairman and Discussion Leader: G.B. Crosta
   
16.20-16.50 G. Urciuoli (Università di Napoli Federico II, ITA)
  "The Basento Valley: a natural laboratory to understand the mechanic of earthflows"
   
16.50-17.20 M. Jaboyedoff (Université de Lausanne, SVI)
  "New ways to characterize Alpine earthflows: Combined geophysics and geodetic surveys"
   
17.20-18.00 Questions and general discussion
   
18.00-18.30 Closure
  E. Alonso, Z. Arbanas, N. Huvaj, M. Jamei, M. Kavvadas, A. Petkovsek, L. Picarelli