NEW YORK'S GLACIAL LAKE FORMATION OF VARVED SILT AND CLAY

This discussion of the paper, while confirming the value of soils engineering investigations and analyses, asks for further comment on the performance of buildings relative to any cracking or other evidence of limiting differential settlements. A second discusser observes that while a major part of the steelement occurs during the construciton period, there is prenounced evidence of secondary compression. However, the amount is sufficiently limited, occurs slowly, and does not adversely affect performance.

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• Authors:
  • JOHNSON, S J
• Publication Date: 1977-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 357-358
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Volume: 103
  • Issue Number: GT4
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1090-0241
  • Serial URL: http://ojps.aip.org/gto

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building; Compression; Construction; Differential settlement; Engineering soils; Glacial soils; Lacustrine soils; Performance; Silts; Varved clays
• Old TRIS Terms: Glacial lacustrine soils; Secondary compression; Soils engineering
• Subject Areas: Construction; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156162
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proc Paper 12218 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1978 12:00AM