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Geological discontinuities play a significant role in the assessment of rock slope stability. Rock slope stability has been studied on the main road between Sulav and Amadiya resorts in Duhok governorate on the southern limb of Mateen anticline, to determine the expected rock slides on this road. Five (5) stations were chosen to study these rock slides that may occur on these steep slopes. All these stations within Pila Spi Formation that consists of hard dolomitic limestone and covering the areas from Sulav resort towards Amadiya district with a length of up to 2.5 Kms. The Stereographic analysis was used to study and classify the stability of these slopes. The analysis showed in all stations the possibility of plane sliding to happen on the bedding plane, and the wedge sliding between the bedding plane and planes of all joint sets, as well as the occurrence of rockfall on some stations.
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Al-Jawadi, A. S. H., 2013. Evaluation of the Rock Mass at the Bekhme Dam Site,North East Iraq. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, College of Science, University of Mosul. 183P.
Al-Sinawi, S. A. and Al Qasrani, Z., 2003. Earthquake Hazards Considerations for Iraq, 4th International Conference of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, May 2003, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
Hunt, R. E.,2006. Geologic Hazards: A Field Guide for Geotechnical engineers, 1st Edition, CRC Press Taylor and Francis Group, an Informa business, Bocca Raton, London, and New York.323p.
Markland, J. T., 1972. A Useful Technique for Estimating the Stability of Rock Slopes When the Rigid Wedge Sliding Type of Failure is Expected. Imperial College of Rock Mechanics Research, Report No. 19, 10pp.
Merty Energy Company, 2004. Geological Map of Northern Iraq. Appendix 1.
UNISDR, 2015. Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 functions, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), 2009 UNISDR. Terminology on Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva, May 2009.
Wieczorek, G. F.,1996. Landslide Triggering Mechanisms. In a special report 247: Rock Strength Properties and Their Measurement. In Turner A. K. and Schuster R. L., Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Special Report, Washington DC, chapter 4, pp.76-90.
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WP/WLI (International Geotechnical Societies' UNESCO Working Party on World Landslide Inventory) 1990. A Suggested Method for Reporting a landslide. Bulletin International Association of Engineering Geology, 41: 5-12.