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Abstract
The aim of the small-scale regional engineering geological study of the Czech Republic was to evaluate the relationship between slope gradient and engineering geological zones. The research motivation was to determine the average slope gradient, 25%, 50% (median) and 75% quantiles related to the different engineering geological zones. This scientific information is critical from the perspectives of engineering geology, geotechnical engineering, and foundation engineering because an increasing slope gradient evokes the need to create a cut respectively foundation excavation or another excavation in the geological structure, which increases the probability of occurrence of the problem in terms of differential settlement and bearing capacity of the structures. The research was carried out in the territory of the Czech Republic in 8 Quaternary zones with soil foundation ground and 10 pre-Quaternary zones with rocks and semi-rocks and their eluvia. A significant difference in the statistical characteristics of slope gradients was found in the group of Quaternary engineering geological zones (evaluated group I) compared to the group of pre-Quaternary zones (evaluated group II). The value range of the average slope gradient was 1.65° (16.9%) to 5.89° (60.3%) for the Quaternary engineering geological zones (soil foundation ground), representing 43.4% difference. Whereas for the over-quaternary engineering geological zones (rocks, semi-rocks and their eluvia), the difference was much higher, 3.59° (36.8%) to 9.76° (100%—value determined as a referential because it was the maximum), which is also reflected in a more significant percentage difference of 63.2%.
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1 VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Department of Geological Engineering, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Ostrava, Czech Republic (GRID:grid.440850.d) (ISNI:0000 0000 9643 2828)
2 Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, Wrocław, Poland (GRID:grid.411200.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 0694 6014)
3 VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Department of Geoinformatics, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Ostrava, Czech Republic (GRID:grid.440850.d) (ISNI:0000 0000 9643 2828)
4 Comenius University, Department of Hydrogeology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic (GRID:grid.7634.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 0940 9708)