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• TITLE: Riverbank Erosional Features in the Stanley Pool of the Congo River and Some Geotechnical Classifications of the Sands

  AUTHORS: Guy Dieudonne Moukandi N’Kaya, Narcisse Malanda, Olivier Florent Essouli, Bernard Mabiala, Alain Laraque

  KEYWORDS: Erosion, Riverbanks, Congo River, Stanley Pool, Geotechnical Analysis, Particle Size Distribution

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, Vol.7 No.5, May 30, 2019

  ABSTRACT: The Stanley Pool, an almost circular island about thirty kilometers in diameter, crossed by the Congo River, is subject to diversified erosion of its riverbanks. This study highlights description using geotechnical particle size distribution analysis of soils of the shoreline that make up the shoreline. Three critical areas of the island were examined to characterize the origins of these erosion phenomena. The results obtained show that the soil materials are mostly sands with very fine or fine grains characteristic of very unstable soils. The morpho-sedimentological characteristics of the areas studied show that these soils are plastic (with a Plasticity Index between 15 percent and 19 percent). The presence of water, action of currents or groundwater flow easily destabilize the materials that make up the riverbank and cause the fines to creep (Collapse of sandy riverbanks, Landslide of sandy riverbanks, …).