A GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY OF THE CROUCH/ROACH RIVER SYSTEM IN SOUTH ESSEX WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO BURIED CHANNELS

A detailed geological and geotechnical survey was carried out in connection with the future development of the South Essex area for a possible third London airport on Maplin Sands. Information on the position of the old buried channels of the Crouch/Roach river system was obtained by carrying out a continuous seismic profiling survey along the present channels of the two rivers. The survey provided information on the depth to the London clay surface, the thickness and depth of the alluvial deposits, the variation of lithology within these deposits, and the position of some of the buried channels. (Author/TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the 19th Regional Conference of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society on the Engineering Geology of Tidal Rivers.
• Corporate Authors:

  GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

  BURLINGTON HOUSE, PICCADILLY
  LONDON,   United Kingdom  W1V 0JU
• Authors:
  • Conway, B W
  • MCCANN, D M
  • Sarginson, M
  • Floyd, R A
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 269-282
• Serial:
  • QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
  • ISSN: 0481-2085

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Alluvium; Clay; Depth; Geological surveying; Geology; Geophysics; Geotechnical engineering; Inland waterways; Measurement; Methodology; Rivers; Sand; Seas; Seismicity; Seismographs; Stream channels; Underground structures
• Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Geophysical measurements; Seismographic methods (Soil surveys)
• ITRD Terms: 1037: Airport; 4030: Alluvium; 4177: Clay; 6499: Depth; 4053: Geology; 1088: Inland waterway; 9102: Method; 4105: Sand; 4368: Sea; 5731: Seismic; 5722: Site investigation; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Terminals and Facilities; I41: General Soil Surveys;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395526
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1985 12:00AM