Soil and Rock Description in Engineering Practice.
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
David Norbury
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dunbeath
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Whittles Publishing
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2014
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(304 pages)
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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.