Geological and Geotechnical Aspects of the most Significant Deep Landslides in the Danube Area on the Territory of Vojvodina

Abstract

The largest and the deepest landslides in Serbia occurred on the right valley side of the Danube. General conclusions about landslides along the Danube were obtained on the basis of their comprehensive detailed investigations: the Sloboda bridge in Novi Sad, the Beška bridge, the large settlement of Bocke, and the high-speed railway viaduct in Čortanovci. These areas are ac-tually large unstable slopes with deep and shallow landslides. Deep landslides consist of several sliding blocks with 20-40m in depth. All these landslides were formed in clays and sands of the Pliocene age, in the decayed crust of these sediments. The general conclusions about landslides presented in this paper will be of great use for the needs of construction of new facilities in the entire unstable area along the Danube about 100 km in length.