PETROGRAPHIC TERMS MOST FREQUENTLY USED IN CIVIL ENGINEERING

THE PRESENT DOCUMENT IS DIVIDED INTO FOUR PARTS, NAMELY: GENERAL TERMS, IGNEOUS ROCKS, SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS. TERMS ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY IN EACH PART AND ARE ALLOCATED AN ORDER NUMBER THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE TERMS INCLUDED IN THE FIRST PART DO NOT ACTUALLY PERTAIN TO THE DOMAIN OF PETROGRAPHY, THEY WERE THOUGHT TO BE USEFUL WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS DOCUMENT. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Nat Lab Civil Eng, Lisbon /Port

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• Publication Date: 1971

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 38 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Civil engineering; Definitions; Igneous rocks; Metamorphic rocks; Petrography; Sedimentary rocks
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00230368
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM