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  title info:
    title: Soil and rock description in engineering practice
  name:
    name part: Norbury, David.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Knovel (Firm)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: stk
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) : illustrations (some color)
  abstract: Annotation In ground investigation, the description of soils and rocks inengineering practice forms a major input to the field log. The log records the materials and strata seen in any sample, core or exposure and is a basic element of the factual information that underpins the entire understanding and interpretation of the ground conditions on site. The field log is also all that remains after the investigation is over and so has a life well beyond that of the investigation report. Practical guidance is provided for those in the field carrying out engineering geological logging of soil and rock samples and exposures. Information on the current systematic and codified approach and its use are laid out in detail to ensure the defined descriptors are used in a consistent format, rendering mistakes less likely and the necessary communication from field to design more successful. The procedures, techniques and tips within this book are not only for young practitioners learning their craft, but are also relevant for theirseniors and mentors, including responsible experts who sign off the logs and report on behalf of their company. Althoughthey may have been involved in logging for many years they need to be aware of current practices in order to avoid costlymistakes. Soil and Rock Description in Engineering Practice enables the practitioner to record and present features of theground from the exposure in such a way as to convey a field presence to subsequent users of the data. This is important as the samples deteriorate quickly and are not usually inspected by any party other than the logger. Field logs therefore provide the only record of the ground that is available to the designer and contractor later in the construction process.
  table of contents: ""Contents""; ""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 âß? Boreholes""; ""17 Description Process âß? Field Exposures""
  table of contents: ""Appendix: Pro-Forma Field Record Sheets""""References""; ""Index""
  note: David Norbury.
  note: Written by an acknowledged expert, this is a practical guide to the engineering geological description of soils and rocks in the field.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Engineering geology
  subject:
    topic: Soils
  subject:
    topic: Rocks
  subject:
    topic: Civil engineering
  subject:
    topic: Geotechnical engineering
  subject:
    topic: Rock mechanics
  subject:
    topic: Soil mechanics
  subject:
    topic: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
    topic: Civil
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: Civil engineering
  subject:
    topic: Engineering geology
  subject:
    topic: Rocks
  subject:
    topic: Soils
  classification: TA705 .N67 2010
  classification: 624.151
  identifier: 1849950261
  identifier: 9781849950268
  identifier: 9781904445654
  identifier: 1904445659
  identifier: 9781439836347
  identifier: 1439836345
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: YDXCP
    record creation date: 130520
    record change date: 20260609152838.1
    record identifier: in00003826678
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng