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Application of soil-stratigraphic techniques

Roy J. Shlemon
Application of soil-stratigraphic techniques
Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists (May 1985) 22 (2): 129-142

Abstract

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.


ISSN: 0004-5691
Coden: ENGEA9
Serial Title: Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists
Serial Volume: 22
Serial Issue: 2
Title: Application of soil-stratigraphic techniques
Author(s): Shlemon, Roy J.
Pages: 129-142
Published: 198505
Text Language: English
Publisher: Association of Engineering Geologists, Dallas, TX, United States
References: 95
Accession Number: 1985-064854
Categories: Engineering geologySoils
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. sketch map
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Source Note: Liquefied natural gas (LNG series, continued
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geosciences Institute.
Update Code: 1985
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