REGIONAL STUDIES

ETUDES REGIONALES

THE AIM OF THE PROJECT IS TO PUT TO GREATER USE, GEOLOGICAL AND GEOTECHNICAL DATA ON TYPICAL FORMATIONS BY ESTABLISHING REGIONAL SUMMARIES AND TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS FOR FUTURE STUDIES OF AND INVESTIGATIONS INTO THESE FORMATIONS. IN 1979 IT IS ENVISAGED TO CONTINUE: THE STUDY OF GLACIAL FORMATIONS WITH EMPHASIS ON GLACIAL LACUSTRINE FORMATIONS, THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND THE PROBLEMS ARISING AS REGARDS SLOPE STABILITY; THE STUDY OF MOLASSES NORTH OF THE PYRENEES: USING THE BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INVESTIGATIONS CARRIED OUT IN 1978 ON THE MOLASSES IN THE CARCASSONNE REGION, THE PROPERTIES, SITE INVESTIGATION METHODS AND GEOTECHNICAL APPLICATIONS WILL BE EXAMINED FOR MOLASSES IN THE TOULOUSE REGION; THE STUDY OF THE QUARTERNARY FORMATIONS OF THE SAONE VALLEY: ESTABLISHMENT OF A GEOTECHNICAL CLASSIFICATION OF THESE FORMATIONS AND OF A MAPPING TECHNIQUE FOR DEALING WITH EARTHWORKS AND STABILITY PROBLEMS.