LIMESTONE HANDBOOK

This report presents, in a non-technical manner, the best ways and places to use limestone. Pictures and drawings are included to show various applications for limestone products. Some of the applications covered include: roads and drives; recreational ares; landscaping; walls; drainage and erosion protection; environment (wetlands, pollution control, stream bank restoration and protection); and special products (armor stone, rip rap, gabion stone, aglime).

• Corporate Authors:

  Iowa Limestone Producers Association, Incorporated

  615 E. 14th Street, Suite F
  Des Moines, IA  United States  50316-5202
• Authors:
  • Struble, P W
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 132 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dams; Drainage structures; Foundations; Gabions; Landscaping; Limestone; Limestone aggregates; Limestone fillers; Pavement components; Retaining walls; Slope stability; Streambeds
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00765270
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 4 1999 12:00AM