LANDSLIDES: INVESTIGATION AND MITIGATION. CHAPTER 10 - SUBSURFACE EXPLORATION

The subject of this chapter is subsurface exploration. The subsurface investigation program identifies potential problem areas and defines the features involved in an existing landslide. Following a discussion of what an appropriate subsurface exploration program includes and the initial planning of a subsurface investigation, each of the following subsurface exploration methods are examined: reconnaissance methods; surface-based geophysical methods; test and core borings; borehole logging; and field testing, including specialized sampling from test pits, adits, and shafts. Remaining sections of this chapter examine the treatment of samples and cores, investigation of groundwater conditions, and data presentation.

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• Authors:
  • McGuffey, Verne C
  • Modeer Jr, Victor A
  • Turner, A Keith
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 231-277
• Monograph Title: LANDSLIDES: INVESTIGATION AND MITIGATION
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 247
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boreholes; Boring; Core samples; Data displays; Field studies; Field tests; Geological surveying; Geophysical prospecting; Groundwater; Landslides; Planning; Reconnaissance; Samples
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data presentation
• Old TRIS Terms: Borehole loggings; Cores; Field investigations; Geophysical explorations; Groundwater investigation; Subsurface explorations
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I42: Soil Mechanics; I43: Rock Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00722499
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030906208X
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 6 1996 12:00AM