LITHOLOGICAL STUDY OF SAINT-OUEN LIMESTONE IN THE PARIS REGION. SOME GEOTECHNICAL CONSEQUENCES

ETUDE LITHOLOGIQUE DU CALCAIRE DE SAINT-OUEN DANS LA REGION PARISIENNE. QUELQUES CONSEQUENCES D'ORDRE GEOTECHNIQUE

THE AUTHOR STUDIES THE LITHOLOGICAL HETEROGENEITY OF THE SAINT-OUEN MARL-LIMESTONE IN THE PARIS REGION. A BRIEF REVIEW IS PRESENTED OF THE DIFFICULTIES FACING SOIL MECHANICS ENGINEERS AND CIVIL ENGINEERS, AND POSSIBLE METHODS OF CONDUCTING A GEOTECHNICAL SUMMARY STUDY ARE OUTLINED. DETAILS ARE GIVEN OF THE TECHNIQUE WHICH, IN THE OPINION OF THE AUTHOR, IS BEST SUITED TO A REGIONAL STUDY. IT CONSISTS MAINLY OF AN INVENTORY OF THE DIFFERENT FACIES: ANALYSIS OF PETROGRAPHIC AND GEOTECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS BASED ON DETAILED LITHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AND IDENTIFICATION OF TEST RESULTS; THEN A STUDY OF THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THESE DIFFERENT FACIES AT VARYING SCALES. TO SHOW THESE FACIES CLEARLY AND THEIR VARIATIONS, A RAPID, LOW-COST NATURAL RADIOACTIVE LOGGING METHOD IS PROPOSED TOGETHER WITH THE USE OF THE PRESSIOMETER TEST.

Language

  • French

Media Info

  • Pagination: 164P
  • Serial:
    • RAPPORT DE RECHERCHE 55
    • Issue Number: 55
    • Publisher: Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chausees (LCPC)
    • ISSN: 0085-2643

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 01296799
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l'Aménagement et des Réseaux (IFSTTAR)
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Nov 21 2010 6:05AM