WORKSHOP ON LOW CLASS ROAD CONSTRUCTION USING VOLCANIC CINDERS AND PUMICE

IN OCTOBER 1970 A WORKSHOP ATTENDED BY ENGINEERS FROM OREGON, WASHINGTON, AND CALIFORNIA WAS HELD IN KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. THE WORKSHOP COMPRISED A NUMBER OF FORMAL PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS (FIRST DAY) AND A FIELD TRIP TO SEVERAL NEARBY SITES WHERE VOLCANIC CINDERS AND PUMICE WERE USED IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION (SECOND DAY). THE TOPICS OF THE PAPERS WERE AS FOLLOWS: (1) PERFORMANCE RATING FOR AGGREGATE SURFACE ROADS, (2) CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS FOR CINDERS USED AS ROAD SURFACING AGGREGATE, (3) QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT OF DUSTING ON AGGREGATE SURFACE ROADS, (4) USE OF PUMICE AS A ROAD CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL, (5) USE OF VOLCANIC CINDERS IN COUNTY ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE, (6) ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS ATTEMPTED USING VOLCANIC CINDERS, AND (7) ASPHALT-TREATED CINDERS USED ON THE MEDICINE LAKE ROAD.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 200 Pp, FigS, TABS, REFS
• Corporate Authors:

  US Forest Service

  1400 Independence Avemue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20250
• Authors:
  • Lund, J W
  • Hendrickson, L G
  • Hoerning, D
  • Wellman, E A
  • Barraclough, S A
  • Kerns, T M
  • Mcintosh, W D
  • Ficken, L
  • Stern, L J
• Publication Date: 1970-10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aggregates; Bituminous materials; Dust; Forest roads; Pumice; Slag; Specifications; Surface course (Pavements); Surface treating; Volcanic aggregates
• Uncontrolled Terms: Low cost roads
• Old TRIS Terms: Bituminous surface treatments
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00233199
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 3 1971 12:00AM