{"id":12391,"date":"2020-02-05T08:38:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T08:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?post_type=case_study&#038;p=12391"},"modified":"2024-02-06T14:26:59","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T14:26:59","slug":"a85-road-glen-ogle-stirlingshire-landslide-case-study","status":"publish","type":"case_study","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/case-studies\/a85-road-glen-ogle-stirlingshire-landslide-case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"A85 road, Glen Ogle, Stirlingshire"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>A85 road, Glen Ogle, Stirlingshire<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Landslide case study<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/case-studies\/a85-road-glen-ogle-stirlingshire-landslide-case-study\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=A85%20road,%20Glen%20Ogle,%20Stirlingshire&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/case-studies\/a85-road-glen-ogle-stirlingshire-landslide-case-study\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/case-studies\/a85-road-glen-ogle-stirlingshire-landslide-case-study\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=A85%20road,%20Glen%20Ogle,%20Stirlingshire&#038;body=%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/case-studies\/a85-road-glen-ogle-stirlingshire-landslide-case-study\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/case-studies\/a85-road-glen-ogle-stirlingshire-landslide-case-study\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>On Wednesday 18 August 2004, the A85 in Glen Ogle, north of Lochearnhead, Stirlingshire, was blocked by what was widely reported as two landslides. There had been considerable rainfall in the area prior to the event. Fifty-seven people were trapped on the roadway and either left the scene on foot or were rescued by helicopter. No injuries were reported. The landslides that caused the disruption on the A85 originated in two- , one leading to a culvert under the road and a second 435&nbsp;m further down the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This landslide was a shallow planar movement that developed into a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/earth-hazards\/landslides\/how-to-classify-a-landslide\/#flows\">debris flow<\/a>. This landslide is BGS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/landslides\/national-landslide-database\/\">National Landslide Database<\/a> ID 10881\/1.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/glenOgle-location-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Glen Ogle, Lochearnhead, Stirlingshire\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/glenOgle-location.jpg\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Glen Ogle, Lochearnhead, Stirlingshire location map. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Specialist staff from the BGS Landslides Response Team carried out a survey of the landslide. BGS routinely responds to major landslide events in this way, sending specialist staff to the scene of landslide events to collate data from landslides whilst they are relatively fresh and often active, offering invaluable information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Backscarp<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The uppermost part of the slope failure was identified by the presence of a curved backscarp and depletion zone within superficial materials. Detachment of material appeared to have occurred close to the superficial deposit\/bedrock interface, at a depth from surface of between 0.6 and 1.8&nbsp;m. The width of the displacement zone was approximately 8&nbsp;m. The length of the surface of rupture appeared to have been constrained to 14&nbsp;m by the presence of a topographic &#8216;bench&#8217; formed by bedrock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immediately downslope of this bench, the ground surface appeared to be intact, with vegetation inclined downslope \u2014 this was considered to be an indicator that the displaced mass travelled over this area, leaving it relatively undisturbed. The failure occurred within a pre-existing depression in which vegetation was noticeably lighter in colour than surrounding areas. The depression was interpreted as a source area and track of one or more previous failures. The material involved at this part of the failure was a head deposit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The displaced mass from this failure appeared to have moved in a shallow, almost planar movement. Several smaller failures of similar style were also noted in this area, each exposing bedrock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exposed backscarp was relatively clear of debris, with only a few scattered blocks of broken head observed. This was thought to indicate that the slide mass disaggregated and became a flow soon after initial failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"owl-carousel carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Glen_Ogle_feature_P579186.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"The landslides on the A85, Glen Ogle Lochearnhead, Scotland.\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>The landslides on the A85, Glen Ogle Lochearnhead, Scotland. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/glenOgle2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Figure 2 Back scarp of the shallow planar slide at Glen Ogle.\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Backscarp of the shallow planar slide at Glen Ogle. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P757570.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Stone culvert where the stream is normally diverted.\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Stone culvert where the stream is normally diverted. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Debris fan at slope base<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the base of the slope, some 40&nbsp;m upslope from the roadway, the natural channel abruptly changes direction. At the junction with the roadway, the channel stream is normally diverted through a stone culvert.  A significant amount of debris bypassed this, overwhelming the banks of the gully (at this point estimated to be approximately 4&nbsp;m in height) and flowed directly downslope. The majority of the debris fan was deposited to the east of the main channel outlet, following the direction of the gully at the roadway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary of field observations<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/glenOgle4.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Summary of field observations. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_72963\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/glenOgle4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"Summary of field observations.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/glenOgle4.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Summary of field observations. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/glenOgle4.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Summary of field observations. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_72963\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sequence of events<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The following interpretation of events has been inferred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Rainfall in the weeks and months preceding the event had saturated the ground \u2014 the superficial deposits (peat, head and till).<\/li><li>Sudden localised rainfall occurred immediately before the landslide event and further saturated the superficial deposits.<\/li><li>Several small, shallow, planar slides took place in debris at the top of the slope.<\/li><li>Debris from these slides disaggregated and moved down slope as a debris flow.<\/li><li>The debris flow turbulently joined the stream near the top of the slope and started to travel down the route of the stream.<\/li><li> The debris flow entered the steepest section of the gully and the turbulent flow eroded superficial deposits either side and in the base of the channel.<\/li><li>As the debris flow entered the lower, flatter slopes of the gully, it cut a wide channel through relatively coarse-grained material. Eroded material would have been incorporated into the debris flow.<\/li><li>The debris flow continued onto flatter slopes again and cut a narrow channel in relatively fine-grained, cohesive material. Erosion along this lower section is still likely to have been significant, as the debris flow would have been travelling at considerable velocity.<\/li><li>As the debris flow approached the roadway, it encountered a sharp bend in the gully. A portion of the debris flow overrode the bend, overwhelming the south-western bank of the gully, and flowed over the road.<\/li><li> The remainder of the flow broadly followed the alignment of the gully and formed a debris fan that extended in a south-easterly direction across the roadway.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gallery<\/h2>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"owl-carousel carousel-primary-color carousel owl-theme thumbs-carousel-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P757566.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"View of track.\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>View of landslide track. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P757556.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"View of landslide track.\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>View of landslide track. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P757562.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"View down landslide.\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>View down landslide. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P757563.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"View down landslide.\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>View down landslide. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P757552.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Small shallow planar landslide at top of slope.\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Small, shallow, planar landslide at top of slope. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"item\"><figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/P757571.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Debris fan at base of slope.\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Debris fan at base of slope. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further Reading<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Winter, M G, Heald, A P, Parsons, J A, Shackman, L. and Macgregor, F. 2006. Photographic feature: Scottish debris flow events of August 2004. <em>Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology<\/em>, Vol. 39, 73\u201378. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Winter, M G, Macgregor, F, and Shackman, L (editors). 2008. 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This work informs our geological maps, memoirs and sheet explanations and provides data for our National Landslide Database, which underpins much of our research.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/geology-projects\/landslides\/landslide-case-studies\/\">Show more<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-lg-6 col-12\">\n\t<div class=\"cards cards-orizontal-sm  cards-find-more  cards-bordered\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/earth-hazards\/landslides\/\" class=\"media-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/debris_flow_restandbethankfulpass_P785354_feature-150x150.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur wp-post-image\" alt=\"Debris flow on A83\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/debris_flow_restandbethankfulpass_P785354_feature.jpg\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"info\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/discovering-geology\/earth-hazards\/landslides\/\">Understanding landslides<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>What is a landslide? Why do landslides happen? How to classify a landslide. 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