SUBSURFACE EXPLORATION AND SAMPLING OF SOILS FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING PURPOSES

CONTENTS: PRINCIPLES OF EXPLORATION AND SAMPLING GENERAL PROCEDURE AND REQUIREMENTS METHODS OF SUBSURFACE EXPLORATION GROUND-WATER OBSERVATIONS SAMPLING METHODS AND REQUIREMENTS SAMPLING AND SOIL TYPES DISTRUBANCE OF SOIL SAMPLES BORING AND SAMPLING RECORDS DETAILS OF SAMPLING EQUIPMENT AND METHODS CASING AND DRILL RODS OPEN DRIVE SAMPLERS PISTON DRIVE SAMPLERS SPECIAL METHODS AND EQUIPMENT FOR PREVENTING LOSS OF SAMPLES DRIVE SAMPLERS FOR SUBMARINE EXPLORATIONS CORE BORING METHODS AND EQUIPMENT SAMPLING IN SEARCH OF OIL AND MINERALS SURFACE AND CONTROL SAMPLING PRESERVATION AND HANDLING OF SAMPLES BIBLIOGRAPHY.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 521 Pp, 366 FIG, 14 TAB, 20 PHOT, 610 REF, 1 APP
• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station

  3909 Halls Ferry Road
  Vicksburg, MS  United States  39180-6199

  Engineering Foundation

  United Engineering Center, 345 E 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017
• Authors:
  • Hvorslev, M J
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Boring; Core samples; Geological surveying; Groundwater; Minerals; Oils; Pistons; Samplers; Sampling; Soil samplers; Soil tests; Soils; Statistical sampling; Test procedures
• Old TRIS Terms: Control sampling; Drive samplers; Groundwater investigation; Soil sampling; Subsurface explorations
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00229140
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 17 1970 12:00AM