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A geomorphological and geotechnical investigation of the Roughlands Landslide Complex, Southwest Isle of Wight, UK
No full textThe Roughlands Landslide Complex, comprised of slumped blocks, minor scarps, debris slides and a wide graben, is one of the few contemporary landslides on the Isle of Wight to be without major geomorphological or geotechnical investigation. Furthermore, Roughlands poses a puzzle as to the origin and form of its basal shear surface. If compound coastal landslides in ancient marine sediments are typically controlled by a basal shear surface which is guided by a bedding parallel slide prone horizon, how is the shear surface accommodated into the ancient fluvial Wessex Formation, which is largely without such bedding features? The complex is hence subject to a thorough investigation. This includes a rigorous desk study, geomorphological survey, peg network monitoring campaign using DGPS, comprehensive geotechnical testing program, and the installation of two slip-indicators. Although largely stable during the summer, parts of the landslide complex are recorded moving at up to 6.5m yr-1 during the wet winter months, indicating a high sensitivity to groundwater variation. Following an appraisal of eight possible formation mechanisms, it is concluded that the basal shear surface which underlies the Roughlands Landslide Complex is most plausibly guided by the basal surface of a Cretaceous sheet flood deposit. Support for this comes from palaeo-environment interpretation, which reveals various mechanisms by which sheet floods could entrain swelling clays; the excessive recession at Roughlands in comparison to other parts of the southwest coastline, which indicates that geological dip (which varies about the Brighstone Anticline) is influential; the fossil record; relationships with newly recognized faults; and from field observations. Stability analyses find field mobilized shear strength is greater than laboratory determined residual shear strength, which may be in part due to entrained Cretaceous floodplain debris within the slide mass. The unpredictability of landslides on the Wessex Formation also identifies some geotechnical uncertainties which are a concern for all engineering works in ancient fluvial sediments
Author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012 /
No full textTitle from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Portraits of author Peter FitzSimons speaking at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 13 November 2012.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Online.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia
Moral Good, the Beatific Vision, and God’s Kingdom Writings by Germain Grisez and Peter Ryan, S.J.. Edited by Peter J. Weigel
No full textFor close to half a century, the work of Germain Grisez has been highly influential, and his writings continue to receive considerable attention from philosophers and theologians of diverse viewpoints. His co-author for this work is the professor and noted moral theologian Fr. Peter Ryan, S.J., currently the executive director of the Secretariat of Doctrine and Canonical Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). These two eminent scholars explore fundamental questions about Christian eschatology, moral theory, the purpose of human life, and the promise of human fulfilment. The authors examine Christian teaching on the final destiny of persons, investigating the meaning of God's kingdom, the hope of the beatific vision, and the centrality of moral goodness and divine grace in one's final end. This work is an ideal source for students, scholars, ministers and lay persons interested in basic questions of Christian theology, the philosophy of religion, ethical theory, and Catholic doctrin
Murder on the mountain: author talk with Peter J. Wosh
No full textAuthor talk by Peter J. Wosh on May 5th, 2022, on his book, "Murder on the Mountain: crime, passion, and punishment in gilded age New Jersey.
Lunchtime Talk with Author and Attorney Peter Godwin
No full textAuthor and attorney Peter Godwin gave a lunchtime talk about the topics discussed in his book, The Fear, which focuses on the human rights situation in Zimbabwe under the rule of Robert Mugabe
An essay about the Francis Paudras Collection on Bud Powell by Peter Pullman
No full textThis is an essay about the Francis Paudras Collection on Bud Powell written by Peter Pullman, a jazz scholar and author of Wail: The Life of Bud Powell (Brooklyn: Bop Changes, 2012).One image file (pdf)This project was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Professor Peter Singer speaking at the National Press Club Canberra, 11 February 2009 [picture] /
No full textTitle devised by cataloguer based on information from acquisitions documentation.; Part of the collection: Humanitarian author Professor Peter Singer at the National Press Club, Canberra, 11 February 2009.; Acquired in digital format; access copy available online.; Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.; Photographed by a staff member of the National Library of Australia, 2009
The Peter Martyr reader
No full textAccession Number: ATLA0001328116; Language(s): English; Issued by ATLA: 20080715; Publication Type: Review; Related Books/Electronic Resources: By: Vermigli, Pietro Martire, 1499-1562 Peter Martyr reader viii, 260 p. Publisher: Kirksville, Mo.: Truman State University Press, 1999. ATLA0001327874Source type: Electronic(1)http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=reh&AN=ATLA0001328116&loginpage=Login.asp&site=ehost-liv
Peter Ngor
No full textabstract: Peter was seven years old when his village was attacked. He walked to the border of Ethiopia, Sudan and into Kenya where he lived for eight years.
“Lost Boys Found” is an ongoing, interdisciplinary project that is collecting, recording and archiving the oral histories of the Lost Boys/Girls of Sudan. The collection is a work-in-progress, seeking to record the oral history of as many Lost Boys/Girls as are willing, and will be used in a future book.Age: 25Region: Southern SudanThis picture and bio was donated to the "Lost Boys Found" oral history project from The Arizona Lost Boys Cente
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