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Evaluating Slope Stability Prior to Road Construction
The usefulness of seismic, resistivity, and vegetation surveys for predicting subsurface strength characteristics of granitic rock was evaluated in the Idaho batholith. Rock strength varies inversely with degree of weathering and fracture density. Rocks that have weathered or altered to the point where they contain clays are particularly susceptible to mass failure following disturbance. Eleven of 12 zones identified as highly weathered were predicted by the surveys along a proposed road centerline.
Evaluating Slope Stability Prior to Road Construction
The usefulness of seismic, resistivity, and vegetation surveys for predicting subsurface strength characteristics of granitic rock was evaluated in the Idaho batholith. Rock strength varies inversely with degree of weathering and fracture density. Rocks that have weathered or altered to the point where they contain clays are particularly susceptible to mass failure following disturbance. Eleven of 12 zones identified as highly weathered were predicted by the surveys along a proposed road centerline.
Evaluating Slope Stability Prior to Road Construction
J. L. Clayton (author)
1983
10 pages
Report
No indication
English
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