LANDSLIDES: INVESTIGATION AND MITIGATION. CHAPTER 19 - RESIDUAL SOILS

In this chapter general characteristics of residual soils are considered and illustrated with examples drawn from Brazil, Hong Kong, and North Carolina. These examples demonstrate the regional differences in residual soils and some of the similarities of the factors leading to slope instability in residual soils. Deere and Patton's (1971) residual soil profile classification system is used, although it is recognized that other systems, such as the classification system developed by the Geological Society of London working party in 1990, may work better in some regions.

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Authors:
- Lambe, Philip C
Publication Date: 1996

Language

English

Media Info

Media Type: Digital/other
Features: Figures; References; Tables;
Pagination: pp 507-524
Monograph Title: LANDSLIDES: INVESTIGATION AND MITIGATION
Serial:
- Transportation Research Board Special Report
- Issue Number: 247
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Case studies; Landslides; Residual soils; Slope stability; Soil types
Geographic Terms: Brazil; Hong Kong (China); North Carolina
Old TRIS Terms: Soil classification systems
Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics; I43: Rock Mechanics;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00722508
Record Type: Publication
ISBN: 030906208X
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Jun 6 1996 12:00AM