Soil and Rock Description in Engineering Practice.
[Book]
David Norbury
Dunbeath
Whittles Publishing
2014
(304 pages)
Preface; Definitions; 1 Introduction; 2 History of Description in Codification; 3 Systematic Description; 4 Description of Materials; 5 Relative Density and Strength; 6 Structure, Fabric and Texture; 7 Colour; 8 Secondary and Tertiary Fractions; 9 Geological Formation; 10 Weathering; 11 Discontinuity Logging; 12 Fracture State Recording; 13 Low Density Soils; 14 Made Ground; 15 Classifi cation Schemes; 16 The Description Process --;Boreholes; 17 Description Process --;Field Exposures; Appendix: Pro-Forma Field Record Sheets; References; Index.