GEOPHYSICS, A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH, PRESENTS SEVERAL FACETS USEFUL TO THE GEOLOGIST AND ENGINEER

THE EXPANDING USE OF GEOPHYSICS IN SHALLOW SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATIONS FOR HIGHWAY AND OTHER ENGINEERING PROJECTS IS EVIDENCED BY THE WEALTH OF PUBLISHED PAPERS NOW AVAILABLE DESCRIBING SUCH WORK. USE OF THE EARTH RESISTIVITY TEST IS ESPECIALLY NOTED WHEN APPLIED TO SUBSURFACE INVESTIGATIONS DEALING WITH SLOPE DESIGN, STRUCTURE FOUNDATIONS, AND LANDSLIDE PROBLEMS. FURTHER STUDY OF THE POSSIBLE USE OF NATURAL POTENTIALS, GENERALLY PRESENT IN THE EARTH, TO FURTHER EVALUATE LANDSLIDE CONDITIONS IS WARRANTED. THE REFRACTION SEISMIC TEST CONTINUES TO HAVE USEFUL APPLICATIONS IN SUBSURFACE EXPLORATIONS FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION. SMALL-SCALE REFRACTION SEISMIC TESTS SHOW PROMISE AS A NEW, ECONOMICAL, AND RAPID MEANS OF EVALUATING THE STABILITY OF COMPACTED SOIL LAYERS ALONG WITH THE CURRENTLY USED PROCEDURES. /AUTHOR/

• Authors:
  • Moore, R W
• Conference:
  • Engineering Geology and Soils Engineering Symposium, Proceedings of the 6th Annual
  • Location: Boise ID, United States
  • Date: 1968-4-17 to 1968-4-19
• Publication Date: 1965

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Foundations; Geological surveying; Geophysics; Landslides; Refraction; Resistivity method; Road construction; Seismicity; Slopes; Soil compaction; Soil compaction test; Stability (Mechanics)
• Uncontrolled Terms: Seismic investigations; Seismic refraction
• Old TRIS Terms: Compaction tests; Earth resistivity method (Geophysics); Foundation investigations; Subsurface explorations
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00229561
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Geophysical Abstracts
• Report/Paper Numbers: pp 41-64
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 2004 1:50AM