Soil and Rock Description in Engineering Practice

• Author(s): David Norbury,
• Publisher: Whittles Publishing
• Pages: 320
• ISBN_10: 1849951799
  ISBN_13: 9781849951791
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Nature / Rocks & Minerals , Science / Earth Sciences / Geology , Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / Agronomy / Soil Science , Technology & Engineering / Engineering (General) , Technology & Engineering / Civil / General , Technology & Engineering / Civil / Soil & Rock ,

Description:... Preface; Definitions; Introduction; History of description in codification; Systematic description; Description of materials; Relative density and strength; Structure, fabric and texture; Colour; Secondary and tertiary fractions; Geological unit; Weathering; Discontinuity logging; Discontinuity state recording; Low density soils; Anthropogenic ground; Classification schemes; The description process - boreholes; Description process - field exposures; Appendix; References; Index.