The International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories is an independent activity hosted by the Geoengineer Website
Copyright © 2004-2007 Elxis sa. All rights reserved.
International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories
Additional Material for Paper IJGCH_1_2_3
ISSN # 1790-2045
back to Medley (2007) Paper
Station 18
IJGCH_1_2_3_Station18-1: Makapala Road Cut – View of failed road slope.
IJGCH_1_2_3_Station18-3: View of weathered rock
above baked zone soil.
IJGCH_1_2_3_Station18-2: Weathered rock overlying
unfailed older baked zone soil.
IJGCH_1_2_3_Station18-5: Road cut failure aggravated
by tree roots.
IJGCH_1_2_3_Station18-4: Detail of top of baked zone
(at hammer); rock above failed in EQ.
IJGCH_1_2_3_Station18-6: Failed top of embankment  
(opposite failed road cut slope).
IJGCH_1_2_3_Station18-8: Intersection Hwy 270 and access road to Kēōkea Beach Park:  
Highway was blocked by road cut slides.
IJGCH_1_2_3_Station18-7: Detail of failure scarp at top
of embankment.
(Go back to Online Database)
Medley E.W. (2007). Geological Engineering Reconnaissance of Damage caused by the October 15, 2006 Hawaii Earthquakes. International Journal of
Geoengineering Case Histories, http//casehistories.geoengineer.org , Vol.1, Issue 2