ROCK SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS OF QUARRY SITES AT WEST MALVERN, UK.

Abstract

This paper analyzes the scan line survey data of the geological discontinuities collected from three quarry sites of West Malvern in Malvern Hills, UK, which remaine done of the major resource of geological materials for building stones and aggregates in the area. The kinematic analysisof the discontinuity data of the quarry sites was performed by using the DIPS software, which showed the likelihood of wedge, plane and toppling failures of the slopes. However, no failure is likely even for the steepest slope faces if planned to cut in the dip direction range of 30o to 70o and 130o to 230o.