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1. 1. Effects of underpinning in a house – New findings and ways of communicating risks

   University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

   Author : Johanna Forsström; [2014]
   Keywords : Underpinning; Communication; Risk assessment; Paradigm;

   Abstract : Drilled foundations are often considered to be a standard method of installation of steel core piles and similar foundation components in sensitive environments such as urban areas where other common technologies such as stranding or diging cannot be applied. Much research has been made in the area of how the piles interact in the clay. READ MORE

3. 2. Subsidence in rift zones : analyzing results from repeated precision leveling of the Vogar Profile on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Southwest Iceland

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

   Author : Ingrid Anell; [2004]
   Keywords : lceland; Reykjanes Peninsula; Vogar profile; precision leveling; faulting; subsidence; modeling subsidence; Mogi model; Island; Reykjaneshalvön; Vogarprofilen; precisionshöjdmätningar; nedsjunkning; förkastningsrörelser; modellering av nedsjunkning; Mogimodellen; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The mid-Atlantic ridge connects with land at the Reykjanes peninsula, Southwest Iceland. Iceland extends well over the whole ridge and allows for representative surface observations of sea-floor processes. Across the Peninsula the plate boundary is characterized by a rift zone, which encompasses leaky transform fault zone characteristics. READ MORE