Application of soil-stratigraphic techniques
Application of soil-stratigraphic techniques
Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists (May 1985) 22 (2): 129-142
Soil-stratigraphic techniques are being increasingly applied to engineering-geological investigations for siting liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities, nuclear reactors, dams, and other critical structures. Soil stratigraphy includes the field of paleopedology, and generally employs the concepts and terminology of the soil scientist. Exemplified in geotechnical investigations for a proposed LNG terminal near Point Conception (Little Cojo Bay), California, soil stratigraphy was employed to date last displacement of site-area faults, to estimate age of marine platforms, and to help reconstruct regional geomorphic history. Datable markers included four, strongly-developed buried paleosols, each of which marked epochs of regional landscape stability during the Quaternary.--Modified journal abstract.