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Autor:
Peter George Fookes, Tony Waltham
Publikováno v:
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology. 34:65-70
North America’s largest oilfield was discovered in 1968 at Prudhoe Bay; it contained over ten billion barrels of recoverable oil about 3000 m beneath the Arctic Coastal Plain. Its development changed Alaska’s economy for ever, and included buildi
Publikováno v:
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology. 8:159-176
Summary Twenty-six sets of air photographs were used to test the best photographic conditions for detecting landslips, mainly old periglacial solifluction movement, along a ten mile stretch of sloping ground. A total of 141 old landslip features were
Autor:
W. R. Dearman, Peter George Fookes
Publikováno v:
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology. 7:223-256
Summary A brief review of past British practice in engineering geological mapping is given. The paper follows the recommendations given in the Report on the Preparation of Maps and Plans in Terms of Engineering Geology prepared by a Working Party of
Autor:
Michael Sweeney, Peter George Fookes
Publikováno v:
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology. 9:37-55
Summary The paper describes design and construction techniques for the stabilization and control of local rockfalls and the products of general degradation from rock slopes. Stabilization measures are discussed and illustrated by a series of idealize
Autor:
Peter George Fookes, J. C. Doornkamp, John Michael Hunter Kelly, Denys Brunsden, David K. C. Jones
Publikováno v:
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology. 8:227-253
Summary Geomorphological mapping in site investigations for highway engineering is proving to be a rapid means of obtaining much relevant information about ground conditions. Such mapping requires the recognition of both the origin of surface feature
The planning and implementation of a site investigation for a highway in tropical conditions in Fiji
Publikováno v:
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology. 5:43-68
Summary The paper outlines the planning and implementation of a site investigation carried out on a limited budget for 110 miles of proposed new highway in Fiji. A comparison is drawn between the cost of investigation of earthworks and general founda
Autor:
Robert Best, Peter George Fookes
Publikováno v:
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology. 2:103-128
Summary Metastable partially saturated soils are those which on wetting under load undergo a sudden decrease of void ratio, i.e. a structural collapse. One of the most important soils of this group is loess, a silty quartzose sediment of uniform grad
Publikováno v:
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology. 4:139-185
Summary Weathering and weatherability have been defined and a general scheme of weathering classification has been developed for engineering. Fundamental mechanical changes in behaviour due to weathering are considered for both intact rock and discon
Publikováno v:
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology. 1:217-240
Summary The London Clay is well known as an engineering material and it is probably the most publicized example of a stiff fissured clay. Recently, growing interest has been shown in the small-scale structural discontinuities of this clay and their e
Publikováno v:
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology. 3:85-117
Summary The paper deals with ground effects resulting from snow and frost outside the margins of the ice sheets during the Quaternary ice ages. This environment, termed 9periglacial9, is defined and the main classes of periglacial and related phenome