LEADER 04978nam 2200625 450 001 9910465878403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-5231-0179-2 010 $a1-84995-248-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000603730 035 $a(EBL)4409785 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4409785 035 $a(PPN)201701170 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4409785 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11156423 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL897605 035 $a(OCoLC)939600614 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000603730 100 $a20160310h20162016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aSoil and rock description in engineering practice /$fDavid Norbury, consultant, director, David Norbury Limited, Reading, UK, Honorary Professor in Engineering Geology, University of Sussex, UK 205 $aSecond edition. 210 1$aDunbeath, Scotland, UK :$cWhittles Publishing,$d[2016] 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84995-179-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; Preface ; Definitions ; 1 Introduction ; 1.1 What are we describing and why?; 1.2 Description compared with classification; 1.3 Communication in description; 1.4 Soil meets rock ; 1.5 Health and Safety in description ; 2 History of Description in Codification ; 2.1 Prior to 1970 ; 2.2 The period 1970-1981; 2.3 The period 1981-1999 and the first BS 5930 ; 2.4 Rock weathering; 2.5 1999 and the second BS 5930 ; 2.6 The period since 1999 ; 2.7 Multiple usage of defined terms; 2.7.1 Clay and silt terminology; 2.7.2 Secondary constituent terms; 2.7.3 Loose and dense 327 $a2.7.4 Compactness of silt2.7.5 Rock strength ; 2.7.6 Rock weathering; 2.7.7 Comparison of descriptive technology ; 3 Systematic Description ; 3.1 Standard word order ; 3.2 Standard word order in US practice ; 3.3 The multiple sentence approach ; 4 Description of Materials ; 4.1 Principal soil and rock types ; 4.2 Size fractions ; 4.3 Description procedure using flow chart; 4.4 Very coarse soils; 4.5 Coarse soils; 4.6 Particle shape ; 4.7 The coarse soil/fine soil boundary ; 4.8 Fine soils ; 4.9 Classification of plasticity of fine soils; 4.10 The soil/rock boundary; 4.11 Rock naming 327 $a4.11.1 General naming of rocks 4.11.2 Description of coal ; 4.11.3 Naming of carbonate sediments ; 4.11.4 Naming of volcaniclastic sediments ; 4.12 Grain size in rocks ; 5 Relative Density and Strength ; 5.1 Relative density in coarse soils; 5.2 Consistency of fine soils; 5.3 Strength: shear or unconfined ; 6 Structure, Fabric and Texture; 6.1 Structure; 6.2 Fabric ; 6.3 Texture ; 7 Colour ; 8 Secondary and Tertiary Fractions ; 8.1 Secondary fractions; 8.1.1 Secondary fractions in very coarse soils; 8.1.2 Very coarse particles as a secondary fraction; 8.1.3 Secondary fractions in coarse soils 327 $a8.1.4 Fine soil as a secondary constituent 8.1.5 Secondary fractions in fine soils; 8.1.6 Multiple secondary fractions; 8.2 Tertiary fractions; 8.3 Description of widely graded soils ; 8.4 Description and classification of particle size grading ; 8.5 Other information ; 9 Geological Unit; 10 Weathering ; 10.1 Weathering of soils; 10.2 Rock weathering; 10.3 Approach 1: description of weathering; 10.4 Approaches 2 and 3: classifications for homogeneous stronger rocks ; 10.5 Approach 4: classification for hetrogeneous weather rocks ; 10.6 Material specific weathering schemes 327 $a10.7 Approach 5: special cases 10.7.1 Chalk ; 10.7.2 Karstic limestone ; 10.7.3 Tropical weathering ; 11 Discontinuity Logging ; 11.1 Types of discontinuity ; 11.2 Discontinuity description ; 11.3 Orientation; 11.4 Spacing ; 11.5 Persistence and termination; 11.6 Surface form ; 11.7 Wall strength; 11.8 Aperture and infilling; 11.9 Seepage ; 11.10 Discontinuity sets ; 12 Discontinuity State Recording ; 12.1 Total core recovery ; 12.2 Solid core recovery ; 12.3 Rock quality designation; 12.4 Fracture spacing ; 13 Low Density Soils; 13.1 Organic soils; 13.1.1 Topsoil; 13.1.2 Peat 327 $a13.2 Volcanic soils or rocks 330 $aThis is a revised and updated version of the highly successful first edition. It continues to provide invaluable practical guidance in carrying out engineering geological logging of soil and rock samples and exposures in the field. 606 $aSoils$vIdentification 606 $aSoil science 606 $aRocks$vIdentification 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSoils 615 0$aSoil science. 615 0$aRocks 676 $a624.151 700 $aNorbury$b David$0876099 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465878403321 996 $aSoil and rock description in engineering practice$91956533 997 $aUNINA