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Shallow slope failure occurred frequently along the Jiamusi-Harbin section of Tong-San highway in Heilongjiang Province (Jia-Ha highway), China in April and May every year since the highway construction involving cut-slopes, in 1997. Because seasonally frozen areas are widely distributed in this area, the melting of frozen soil is thought to be the main reason for the slope failure. We selected two different slopes, one protected by geotechnical countermeasure works of steel–concrete frame but which failed, and another that was protected by biotechnical countermeasure works which included trees, and remained stable, to analyze the possible mechanism of the shallow slope failure at the cut-slopes in this area, and the suitability of the countermeasure works.
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This paper is a part of a comprehensive study on landslides in seasonally frozen areas, which was recognized as a member project of International Project on Landslides (IPL M-132) titled “Study of shallow slope stability for earthen cut-slope of high-rank highway in seasonally frozen regions” (Project leader: Wei Shan and Fawu Wang). The support from International Consortium on Landslides (ICL) is appreciated. We will also like to delivery our thanks to Transportation Bureau of Heilongjiang Province, China for the financial support to the key scientific project of “Using Vegetation to Stabilize Slopes along High Grade Roads and Tree-planting Methods in Cold Area” (2003–2010), and Scientific Bureau of Heilongjiang Province for the financial support to the key-research project of “Vegetation Protection System for Cutting Slopes along High Grade Roads in Seasonal Frozen Area” (2007–2011). Dr. Lin Yang, Mr. Aiqing Zhang, Mr. Dayong Zhang and Mr. Hua Jiang joined the field investigations.
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Shan, W., Wang, F., Guo, Y., Sun, Y., Takeuchi, A., Wang, C. (2013). Shallow Slope Failure and Protection Method Along a Highway in a Seasonally Frozen Area in China. In: Wang, F., Miyajima, M., Li, T., Shan, W., Fathani, T. (eds) Progress of Geo-Disaster Mitigation Technology in Asia. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29107-4_25
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