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Soil and rock description in engineering practice / / David Norbury, consultant, director, David Norbury Limited, Reading, UK, Honorary Professor in Engineering Geology, University of Sussex, UK
| Soil and rock description in engineering practice / / David Norbury, consultant, director, David Norbury Limited, Reading, UK, Honorary Professor in Engineering Geology, University of Sussex, UK |
| Autore | Norbury David |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dunbeath, Scotland, UK : , : Whittles Publishing, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina | 624.151 |
| Soggetto topico |
Soils
Soil science Rocks |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-5231-0179-2
1-84995-248-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
2.7.4 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 4.11.1 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 8.1.4 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 10.7 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 13.2 Volcanic soils or rocks |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465878403321 |
Norbury David
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| Dunbeath, Scotland, UK : , : Whittles Publishing, , [2016] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Soil and rock description in engineering practice / / David Norbury, consultant, director, David Norbury Limited, Reading, UK, Honorary Professor in Engineering Geology, University of Sussex, UK
| Soil and rock description in engineering practice / / David Norbury, consultant, director, David Norbury Limited, Reading, UK, Honorary Professor in Engineering Geology, University of Sussex, UK |
| Autore | Norbury David |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dunbeath, Scotland, UK : , : Whittles Publishing, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina | 624.151 |
| Soggetto topico |
Soils
Soil science Rocks |
| ISBN |
1-5231-0179-2
1-84995-248-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
2.7.4 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 4.11.1 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 8.1.4 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 10.7 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 13.2 Volcanic soils or rocks |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798172503321 |
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Norbury David
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| Dunbeath, Scotland, UK : , : Whittles Publishing, , [2016] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Soil and rock description in engineering practice / / David Norbury, consultant, director, David Norbury Limited, Reading, UK, Honorary Professor in Engineering Geology, University of Sussex, UK
| Soil and rock description in engineering practice / / David Norbury, consultant, director, David Norbury Limited, Reading, UK, Honorary Professor in Engineering Geology, University of Sussex, UK |
| Autore | Norbury David |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dunbeath, Scotland, UK : , : Whittles Publishing, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
| Disciplina | 624.151 |
| Soggetto topico |
Soils
Soil science Rocks |
| ISBN |
1-5231-0179-2
1-84995-248-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 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
2.7.4 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 4.11.1 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 8.1.4 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 10.7 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 13.2 Volcanic soils or rocks |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823760203321 |
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Norbury David
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| Dunbeath, Scotland, UK : , : Whittles Publishing, , [2016] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Soil and rock description in engineering practice [[electronic resource] /] / David Norbury
| Soil and rock description in engineering practice [[electronic resource] /] / David Norbury |
| Autore | Norbury David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dunbeath, Scotland, : Whittles Pub. |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Rock mechanics
Soil mechanics Geotechnical engineering |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-62870-089-0
1-84995-026-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459185703321 |
|
Norbury David
|
||
| Dunbeath, Scotland, : Whittles Pub. | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Soil and rock description in engineering practice [[electronic resource] /] / David Norbury
| Soil and rock description in engineering practice [[electronic resource] /] / David Norbury |
| Autore | Norbury David |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dunbeath, Scotland, : Whittles Pub. |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
| Soggetto topico |
Rock mechanics
Soil mechanics Geotechnical engineering |
| ISBN |
1-62870-089-0
1-84995-026-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785131603321 |
|
Norbury David
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| Dunbeath, Scotland, : Whittles Pub. | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Soil and Rock Description in Engineering Practice 3rd Edition
| Soil and Rock Description in Engineering Practice 3rd Edition |
| Autore | Norbury David |
| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dunbeath : , : Whittles Publishing Ltd, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 pages) |
| Disciplina | 624.151 |
| Soggetto topico |
Rocks
Civil engineering Soils |
| ISBN |
1-5231-4715-6
1-84995-483-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794223303321 |
|
Norbury David
|
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| Dunbeath : , : Whittles Publishing Ltd, , 2020 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Soil and Rock Description in Engineering Practice 3rd Edition
| Soil and Rock Description in Engineering Practice 3rd Edition |
| Autore | Norbury David |
| Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dunbeath : , : Whittles Publishing Ltd, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (324 pages) |
| Disciplina | 624.151 |
| Soggetto topico |
Rocks
Civil engineering Soils |
| ISBN |
1-5231-4715-6
1-84995-483-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822069703321 |
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Norbury David
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| Dunbeath : , : Whittles Publishing Ltd, , 2020 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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