1. Verifying the ground treatment as proposed by the Secondary Permeability Index during dam foundation grouting

   • Brendon R. Jones
   • J. Louis Van Rooy
   • Dawid J. Mouton

   Original Paper 02 January 2018 Pages: 1305 - 1326

   

2. Seismic site characteristics of shallow sediments in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, and their inherent relations

   • Amorntep Jirasakjamroonsri
   • Nakhorn Poovarodom
   • Pennung Warnitchai

   Original Paper 15 January 2018 Pages: 1327 - 1343

   

3. Prediction of geotechnical properties of treated fibrous peat by artificial neural networks

   • Ali Dehghanbanadaki
   • Mohammad Ali Sotoudeh
   • Marjan Ilbeigi

   Original Paper 17 January 2018 Pages: 1345 - 1358

   

4. Geological parameters in relation to bedrock geology and shear strength of dry tills: samples from the southern half of Norway

   • Øystein Lid Opsal
   • Jørgen Mathias Langeland

   Original Paper 03 February 2018 Pages: 1359 - 1370

   

5. A semi-automatic method for 3D modeling and visualizing complex geological bodies

   • Song Renbo
   • Qin Xiaoqian
   • Wenhui Li

   Original Paper 24 February 2018 Pages: 1371 - 1383

   

6. 3D geotechnical modeling of subsurface soils in Kerman city, southeast Iran

   • I. Aghamolaie
   • G. R. Lashkaripour
   • N. Hafezi Moghaddas

   Original Paper 02 March 2018 Pages: 1385 - 1400

   

7. Mechanism of collapse sinkholes induced by solution mining of salt formations and measures for prediction and prevention

   • Guimin Zhang
   • Zhenshuo Wang
   • Kai Zhang

   Original Paper 14 November 2017 Pages: 1401 - 1415

   

8. Discussion of the pipe flow model to analyze the critical parameter of seepage erosion forming sinkholes in Liuzhou, China

   • Fuwei Jiang

   Original Article 12 January 2018 Pages: 1417 - 1425

   

9. Acoustic emission characteristics and energy mechanism in karst limestone failure under uniaxial and triaxial compression

   • Qingsong Wang
   • Jianxun Chen
   • Qin Liu

   Original Paper 06 November 2017 Pages: 1427 - 1442

   

10. Effects of microfabric on drillability of rocks

    • S. H. Hoseinie
    • M. Ataei
    • R. Mikaeil

    Original Paper 06 November 2017 Pages: 1443 - 1449

    

11. Estimating compressive and flexural strength of travertines with respect to laminae-orientation by geomechanical properties

    • G. R. Khanlari
    • F. Naseri
    • D. M. Freire-Lista

    Original Paper 07 November 2017 Pages: 1451 - 1470

    

12. Weakening effects of the presence of water on the brittleness of hard sandstone

    • Guoqing Chen
    • Tianbin Li
    • Ouling Tang

    Original Paper 09 November 2017 Pages: 1471 - 1483

    

13. Micro/macro physical and mechanical variation of red sandstone subjected to cyclic heating and cooling: an experimental study

    • Quansheng Liu
    • Zhicheng Qian
    • Zhijun Wu

    Original Paper 17 November 2017 Pages: 1485 - 1499

    

14. Performance assessment of rotary drilling using non-linear multiple regression analysis and multilayer perceptron neural network

    • Mohammad Darbor
    • Lohrasb Faramarzi
    • Mostafa Sharifzadeh

    Original Paper 21 November 2017 Pages: 1501 - 1513

    

15. Effect of thermal damage on mineralogical and strength properties of basic volcanic rocks exposed to high temperatures

    • Hakan Ersoy
    • Hasan Kolaylı
    • Muhammed Oğuz Sünnetci

    Original Paper 04 December 2017 Pages: 1515 - 1525

    

16. Proposing a new model to approximate the elasticity modulus of granite rock samples based on laboratory tests results

    • Katayoun Behzadafshar
    • Mehdi Esfandi Sarafraz
    • M. M. Tahir

    Original Paper 08 December 2017 Pages: 1527 - 1536

    

17. Effects of variation in the particle size of the rock abrasion powder and standard rotational speed on the NTNU/SINTEF abrasion value steel test

    • Y. Majeed
    • M. Z. Abu Bakar

    Original Paper 18 December 2017 Pages: 1537 - 1554

    

18. An investigation of the relationship between Los Angeles abrasion loss and rock texture for carbonate aggregates

    • Rassoul Ajalloeian
    • Mojtaba Kamani

    Original Paper 20 December 2017 Pages: 1555 - 1563

    

19. The effect of wind pressure on surface erosion of soft rocks in arid regions

    • Adil Binal

    Original Paper 22 December 2017 Pages: 1565 - 1574

    

20. Numerical simulation of mechanical response of glacial tills under biaxial compression with the DEM

    • Yankun Liang
    • Laifa Cao
    • Wanghua Sui

    Original Paper 23 January 2018 Pages: 1575 - 1588

    

21. A predictive model correlating permeability to two-dimensional fracture network parameters

    • Richeng Liu
    • Tantan Zhu
    • Yingchao Wang

    Original Paper 29 January 2018 Pages: 1589 - 1605

    

22. Assessing the aptitude of vesicular volcanic rocks as pozzolanic sources for supplementary cementitious materials

    • Samuel Estifanos
    • Asmelash Abay
    • Gebreslassie Mebrahtu

    Original Paper 19 February 2018 Pages: 1607 - 1616

    

23. The analysis of dates obtained from long-term creep tests to determine creep coefficients of rock salt

    • Mohammad Bagher Eslami Andargoli
    • Kurosh Shahriar
    • Kamran Goshtasbi

    Original Paper 20 February 2018 Pages: 1617 - 1629

    

24. Determination of rock type and moisture content in flysch using TLS intensity in the Elerji quarry (south-west Slovenia)

    • Tina Živec
    • Andreja Anžur
    • Timotej Verbovšek

    Original Paper 23 February 2018 Pages: 1631 - 1643

    

25. Geostatistical analyses of exfoliation and tectonic joint set spacing in alpine granites (Aar Valley, Switzerland)

    • Federica Ferrari
    • Martin Ziegler
    • Simon Loew

    Original Paper 01 March 2018 Pages: 1645 - 1668

    

26. Contrasting decay of historical building stone: relationships between petrophysical features and frontal polymerization treatment suitability on medieval buildings of north Sardinia, Italy

    • Stefano Cuccuru
    • Paola Mameli
    • Giacomo Oggiano

    Original Paper 06 March 2018 Pages: 1669 - 1682

    

27. Durability assessment of Gerdoi and red travertines from Azarshahr, East Azerbaijan province, Iran

    • Ahmad Zalooli
    • Mashalah Khamehchiyan
    • Mohammad Reza Nikudel

    Original Paper 07 March 2018 Pages: 1683 - 1695

    

28. Evaluation of soil liquefaction potential using energy approach: experimental and statistical investigation

    • Hamed Javdanian

    Original Paper 22 November 2017 Pages: 1697 - 1708

    

29. Determination of the presence of microstructure in a soil using a seismic dilatometer

    • Dušan Berisavljević
    • Zoran Berisavljević

    Original Paper 09 February 2018 Pages: 1709 - 1725

    

30. Case study: using the point load test to estimate rock strength of tunnels constructed by a tunnel boring machine

    • Quan-Sheng Liu
    • Yi-Fan Zhao
    • Xiao-Ping Zhang

    Original Paper 01 December 2017 Pages: 1727 - 1734

    

31. Estimation of the TBM penetration rate using the post-failure behavior of a rock mass and the equivalent thrust per cutter. A case study: the Amirkabir Water Transferring Tunnel of Iran

    • H. A. Lazemi
    • M. Soleiman Dehkordi

    Original Paper 02 December 2017 Pages: 1735 - 1746

    

32. Developing a novel model for predicting geomechanical features of carbonate rocks based on acoustic frequency processing during drilling

    • M. Yari
    • Raheb Bagherpour
    • M. Khoshouei

    Original Paper 07 December 2017 Pages: 1747 - 1759

    

33. A multi-factor comprehensive risk assessment method of karst tunnels and its engineering application

    • S. C. Li
    • J. Wu

    Original Paper 18 December 2017 Pages: 1761 - 1776

    

34. Analysis of the stabilising effect of ribs of reinforced sprayed concrete (RRS) in the Løren road tunnel

    • Are Håvard Høien
    • Bjørn Nilsen

    Original Paper Open access 10 February 2018 Pages: 1777 - 1793

    

35. Selection of TBM and geotechnical assessment of a microtunnel in a difficult geological environment: a case of a natural gas pipeline beneath an active landslide (Albania)

    • Vassilis Marinos
    • Georgios Stoumpos
    • Costas Papazachos

    Original Paper 17 February 2018 Pages: 1795 - 1813

    

36. Influences of internal erosion on infiltration and slope stability

    • Lulu Zhang
    • Fang Wu
    • Jie Zhang

    Original Paper 11 November 2017 Pages: 1815 - 1827

    

37. Assessment of seismically-induced landslide susceptibility after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal

    • Suchita Shrestha
    • Tae-Seob Kang

    Original Paper 11 November 2017 Pages: 1829 - 1842

    

38. Estimation of embankment settlement caused by deterioration of soft rock grains

    • Predrag Miščević
    • Goran Vlastelica

    Original Paper 20 November 2017 Pages: 1843 - 1853

    

39. Sensitivity analysis of shallow planar landslides in residual soils on south Pennine hillslopes, Derbyshire, UK

    • Martin Cross

    Original Paper 22 November 2017 Pages: 1855 - 1872

    

40. Numerical evaluation of topographic effects on seismic response of single-faced rock slopes

    • Haibo Li
    • Yaqun Liu
    • Xiang Xia

    Original Paper 23 November 2017 Pages: 1873 - 1891

    

41. A modified Sarma method for stability analysis of layered slopes

    • X. P. Zhou
    • X. D. Zhao
    • H. Cheng

    Original Paper 25 November 2017 Pages: 1893 - 1909

    

42. A novel hybrid model of Bagging-based Naïve Bayes Trees for landslide susceptibility assessment

    • Binh Thai Pham
    • Indra Prakash

    Original Paper 25 November 2017 Pages: 1911 - 1925

    

43. A probabilistic method for evaluating wedge stability based on blind data theory

    • Zhongjun Ma
    • Shengwu Qin
    • Xiaolan Zhao

    Original Paper 27 November 2017 Pages: 1927 - 1936

    

44. Rainfall difference between the deposition fan and source area of Touzhai Landslide in Yunnan, China

    • Kun Wang
    • Zhe Ren
    • Zemin Xu

    Original Paper 29 November 2017 Pages: 1937 - 1954

    

45. Non-dimensional analysis for rock slope plane failure in seismic (pseudostatic) conditions

    • Manuela Cecconi
    • Corrado Cencetti
    • Alessia Vecchietti

    Original Paper 15 December 2017 Pages: 1955 - 1969

    

46. Estimation of empirical rainfall thresholds for landslide triggering using partial duration series and their relation with climatic cycles. An application in southern Ecuador

    • John Soto
    • José Antonio Palenzuela
    • Clemente Irigaray

    Original Paper 16 December 2017 Pages: 1971 - 1987

    

47. Characterizing groundwater flow in a translational rock landslide of southwestern China

    • Hongbin Lv
    • Chengpeng Ling
    • Juxiu Tong

    Original Paper 18 December 2017 Pages: 1989 - 2007

    

48. GIS-based landslide susceptibility mapping in the Safi region, West Morocco

    • Othmane Boualla
    • Khalid Mehdi
    • Bendahhou Zourarah

    Original Paper 26 December 2017 Pages: 2009 - 2026

    

49. Stability analysis of complex rock slopes reinforced with prestressed anchor cables and anti-shear cavities

    • Jinfeng Bi
    • Xianqi Luo
    • Hui Shen

    Original Paper 04 January 2018 Pages: 2027 - 2039

    

50. Monitoring prediction of a rockslide in an open-pit mine and numerical analysis using a material instability criterion

    • Zhaohua Li
    • Yuanjun Jiang
    • Manchao He

    Original Paper 08 January 2018 Pages: 2041 - 2053