THE CONSOLIDATION OF PEAT' A LITERATURE REVIEW
A CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE OF PEATS IS THEIR EXTREMELY COMPRESSIBLE NATURE, CONSEQUENTLY, CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS AND OTHER STRUCTURES ON PEATS NORMALLY CAUSES EXTENSIVE SETTLEMENT. APPLICATION OF THE CLASSICAL CONSOLIDATION THEORY IN THE ANALYSIS OF SETTLEMENT OF PEATS HAS PRODUCED CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION, AS HAS THE QUESTION OF THE RELATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CONSOLIDATION TO THE OVER-ALL SETTLEMENT. A LARGE BODY OF LITERATURE HAS ACCUMULATED ON THE PROBLEM OF CONSOLIDATION OF PEAT, BOTH IN THE LABORATORY AND IN THE FIELD. THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THIS LITERATURE HAS BEEN PRODUCED SINCE 1958 WITH AN EXTENSIVE INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION ON PEATLANDS. THIS REPORT BRIEFLY REVIEWS THE LITERATURE. /CGRA/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Tech Paper NO 195, 36 PP, 38 REF
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Authors:
- MacFarlane, I C
- Publication Date: 0
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Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Bibliographies; Compression; Consolidations; Documents; Gases; Peat; Permeability; Research; Reviews; Road construction; Sand drains
- Old TRIS Terms: Settlement rate
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways; Research;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00230919
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 15 2004 1:52AM