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Stabilization of some rockslides in Grainger County, Tennessee
Robert Abraham Laurence
Stabilization of some rockslides in Grainger County, Tennessee
Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists (May 1951) 46 (3): 329-336
Stabilization of some rockslides in Grainger County, Tennessee
Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists (May 1951) 46 (3): 329-336
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Abstract
Slides in dipping Cambrian sandstone, resulting from highway relocation along Norris Reservoir, have been stabilized by the use of steel dowels and concrete anchor blocks. Geologic conditions favored this type of treatment, as sliding took place in thin shales between thick sandstone beds.
ISSN: 0361-0128
EISSN: 1554-0774
Coden: ECGLAL
Serial Title: Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists
Serial Volume: 46
Serial Issue: 3
Title: Stabilization of some rockslides in Grainger County, Tennessee
Author(s): Laurence, Robert Abraham
Pages: 329-336
Published: 195105
Text Language: English
Publisher: Economic Geology Publishing Company,
Lancaster, PA,
United States
Accession Number: 1959-018104
Categories: Engineering geology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. geol. map.
N35°00'00" - N36°45'00", W90°15'00" - W81°40'00"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Abstract, Copyright, Society of Economic Geologists. Reference includes data from Bibliography and Index of North American Geology, U. S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States
Update Code: 1959