SEISMOGRAPH SPEEDS SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATION

The seismograph technique is described where shock waves bounced off bedrock permit rapid reconnaissance and eliminate need for expensive and time consuming probings. The use is detailed of the seismograph system for the determination of the depth of bedrock, the identification of soil types and the detection of interfaces between different soils, the study of highway materials deposits, and the detection of the water table.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Public Works Journal Corporation

  P.O. Box 688
  Ridgewood, NJ  United States  07451
• Authors:
  • Bigelow, N
• Publication Date: 1964-9

Media Info

• Features: Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 98-99
• Serial:
  • Public Works
  • Volume: 95
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Hanley Wood
  • ISSN: 0033-3840
  • Serial URL: http://www.pwmag.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bedrock; Building materials; Depth; Geological surveying; Handling and storage; Interfaces; Reconnaissance; Shock waves; Soils; Temperature; Water table
• Old TRIS Terms: Storage temperature; Subsurface explorations
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00081173
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 26 1975 12:00AM