TUNNELLING THROUGH WARP: AN ESTUARINE CLAY

A tunnel was constructed through the soft, silty clay of the estuarine deposits at Grimsby. The 2.6-m tunnel was driven in compressed air at 40-55 kn/sq m. (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:
  • Slocombe, R T
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 349-350
• Serial:
  • QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
  • ISSN: 0481-2085

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Clay; Compressed air; Deltas; Drilling; Estuaries; Sediments; Silts; Silty clays; Soft clays; Tunneling; Tunnels
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Estuarine deltas
• ITRD Terms: 4177: Clay; 3814: Compressed air; 3871: Drilling; 4190: Sediment; 4149: Silt; 3374: Tunnel; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; I54: Construction of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395532
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1985 12:00AM