Missouri University of Science and Technology Scholars' Mine International Conference on Case Histories in (2008) - Sixth International Conference on Case Geotechnical Engineering Histories in Geotechnical Engineering 15 Aug 2008, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Landslides in Balchik –The Biggest Nature Experiment for Shore Protection in Bulgaria Chavdar Vassilev Kolev “Perikal 2003” Ltd., Sofia, Bulgaria Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge Part of the Geotechnical Engineering Commons Recommended Citation Kolev, Chavdar Vassilev, "Landslides in Balchik –The Biggest Nature Experiment for Shore Protection in Bulgaria" (2008). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 8. https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/6icchge/session11b/8 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License. This Article - Conference proceedings is brought to you for free and open access by Scholars' Mine. It has been accepted for inclusion in International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering by an authorized administrator of Scholars' Mine. This work is protected by U. S. Copyright Law. Unauthorized use including reproduction for redistribution requires the permission of the copyright holder. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. LANDSLIDES IN BALCHIK – THE BIGGEST NATURE EXPERIMENT FOR SHORE PROTECTION IN BULGARIA Chavdar Vassilev Kolev “Perikal 2003”Ltd. 1000, Sofia, BULGARIA ABSTRACT The nice ancient Bulgarian town Balchik is situated on deep (70m) landslide on the Bulgarian Black Sea cost. The genesis of this enormous landslide is supposed in last geological periods when the Black Sea level had changed around 300m. The geologic structure is a celebrated combination of Sarmat limestone, marl and sensitive clay.