I have a dipping siltstone (soft, jointed, bedded rock, R1) which dips into the slope on one side of a creek and out of the slope on the other side. I have back-calculated strength parameters for the natural stable slope on the in-slope dipping side and I am wondering which values would change...
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Looking to perform a preliminary (recon level) slope stability analysis for a through-fill held up by a wall on top of a ridge of moderately weathered fractured basalt. Fractures would be 4-inches to 12-inches wide, closed, with more weathering along the fractures than within...
