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1. Internal Erosion of Dams and Their Foundations

   Selected and Reviewed Papers from the Workshop on Internal Erosion and Piping of Dams and their Foundations, Aussois, France, 25–27 April 2005

   Edited by Robin Fell, Jean-Jacques Fry

   Internal erosion and piping in embankments and their foundations is the main cause of failures and accidents to embankment dams. For new dams, the potential for internal erosion and piping can be controlled by good design and construction of the core of the dam and provision of filters to intercept...

   Published May 30th 2007 by Taylor & Francis
2. Geotechnical Engineering of Dams

   By Robin Fell, Patrick MacGregor, David Stapledon, Graeme Bell

   Geotechnical Engineering of Dams provides a comprehensive text on the geotechnical and geological aspects of the investigations for and the design and construction of new dams. In addition, much attention is paid to the review and assessment of existing dams. The main emphasis of this work is on...

   Published June 29th 2005 by Taylor & Francis
3. Landslide Risk Management

   Edited by Oldrich Hungr, Robin Fell, Réjean Couture, Erik Eberhardt

   Landslide Risk Management comprises the proceedings of the International Conference on Landslide Risk Management, held in Vancouver, Canada, from May 31 to June 3, 2005. The first part of the book contains state-of-the-art and invited lectures, prepared by teams of authors selected for their...

   Published June 29th 2005 by Taylor & Francis
4. Landslide Risk Assessment

   Edited by David Cruden, Robin Fell

   The 25 papers collected together in this volume present comprehensive coverage of all major aspects of landslide risk assessment, including the risk assessment framework, and methods for estimating probability of landsliding vulnerability and risk....

   Published December 31st 1996 by Taylor & Francis
5. Geotechnical Management of Waste and Contamination

   Proceedings of the conference, Sydney, NSW, 22-23 March 1993

   Edited by Robin Fell, Charles Gerrard, Tony Phillips

   Comprises the proceedings of a conference on geotechnical waste management and contamination. Coverage ranges from remediation of contaminated sites to design and management of landfills. There are also papers dealing with case histories and research. Contents: Groundwater contamination flow;...

   Published December 31st 1992 by Taylor & Francis