Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Abstract The zone between lateritic profiles and deep-seated fresh bedrock does not appear to be well documented. This zone is important for engineering geology, both for the design of foundations and the availability of construction materials. Three typical cases of deep-seated weathering beneath laterites are presented. The first describes anaerobic weathering of graphitic phyllites where plagioclases and sericite have been transformed to kaolinite whilst pyrite and graphite have remained stable. The second considers a rock surface in a mature lateritic peneplain dropping away from a riverbank rather than rising from it. The final example presented is where a thick quartz vein was to be quarried for aggregates and dam material, but it was found that long-term weathering had destroyed the grain bonds, resulting in a rock having the engineering properties of a weak sandstone rather than a quartzite.
Abstract The zone between lateritic profiles and deep-seated fresh bedrock does not appear to be well documented. This zone is important for engineering geology, both for the design of foundations and the availability of construction materials. Three typical cases of deep-seated weathering beneath laterites are presented. The first describes anaerobic weathering of graphitic phyllites where plagioclases and sericite have been transformed to kaolinite whilst pyrite and graphite have remained stable. The second considers a rock surface in a mature lateritic peneplain dropping away from a riverbank rather than rising from it. The final example presented is where a thick quartz vein was to be quarried for aggregates and dam material, but it was found that long-term weathering had destroyed the grain bonds, resulting in a rock having the engineering properties of a weak sandstone rather than a quartzite.
Weathering beneath lateritic profiles
Wiesner, E. (Autor:in)
1999
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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