Soil and Rock Description in Engineering Practice 3rd Edition.

• Author: Norbury, David.
• Place / Publishing House: Dunbeath : : Whittles Publishing Ltd,, 2020.; Ã2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: 3rd ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (324 pages)

This is a revised and updated edition of the highly successful first and second editions. In the intervening period the procedures used in the description of soils and rocks have continued to develop and evolve and this new edition incorporates changes in the international standards EN ISO 14688 and 14689 and those resulting in the national standard, BS 5930:2015 and the 2020 amendment thereof. Close comparison is also made with US practice in description (ASTM D2488) and classification (ASTM D2487).

Table of Contents

Intro -- Table of Content -- 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 Unit -- 10 - Weathering -- 11 - Discontinuity Logging -- 12 - Discontinuity State Recording -- 13 - Low Density Soils -- 14 - Anthropogenic Ground -- 15 - Classification Schemes -- 16 - The Description Process - Boreholes -- 17 - Description Process - Field Exposures -- Appendix: Pro-Forma Field Record Sheets -- References -- Index.