Secure and Sustainable Final Slopes for SME Aggregate Quarries     ISBN 0897766882

A handbook prepared for the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Mineral Industry Research Organisation by the Geoffrey Walton Practice* and David Jarvis Associates.

CONTENTS

Chapter 1: Introduction.
Background and project objectives in the context of the 1999 Quarries Regulations and Government policy.

Chapter 2: Slope issues and interested parties.
Discussion on the interested parties with respect to final quarry slopes (SME's, the HSE, MPA's, English Nature and other interest groups).

Chapter 3: Types of Quarries.
General settings of quarries and the various rock types worked in England for Aggregate.

Chapter 4: General Approaches to Slope Treatment.
A review of general approaches to landform replication, slope restoration, ground preparation and planting.

Chapter 5: Stability and Safety.
A review of the major mechanisms of slope failure and rockfall, and lists of the geotechnical/safety issues for consideration in planning and design of final slopes.

Chapter 6: Specific techniques.
Description of the specific restoration techniques of landscape restoration and slope stability by reference to the quarry rim, faces, intermediate benches and floor.

Chapter 7: Landscape Conclusions.
Discussion on the findings of the project and quarry visits with respect to the landscape issues for successful final restoration.

Chapter 8: Geotechnical Conclusions.
Discussion of the findings of the project and quarry visits with respect to the security of final slopes and rockfall.

Appendix 1: Further information and reading.
Bibliography to suggested further reading and references cited in report.

Appendix 2: Survey Proformas.
Survey proformas used in the project in the assessment of slopes and notes on their use, including forms for hazard appraisal of excavated faces and tips, rockfall assessment and risk and landscape assessment.

Appendix 3: Sequential Checklist.
A discussion on the issues concerning the planning, design, construction and long term management of final quarry slopes.

Appendix 4: Glossary.


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*  The Geoffrey Walton Practice is a former name of GWP Consultants LLP.