PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEVENTH REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR AFRICA ON SOIL MECHANICS AND FOUNDATION ENGINEERING, ACCRA, JUNE 1980. VOLUME 1. SECTION 1: ENGINEERING GEOLOGY AND THE GEOTECHNICAL PROPERTIES OF PROBLEM SOILS

Section 1 contains the following papers: Engineering Geology in the Assessment of Tunnelling Conditions for an Urban Sewer Tunnel (Houghton, DA, Stacey, TR and Warwick, DW); The Search for Road Building Materials in the Sands of Owambo (Caiger, JH); The Location and Engineering Properties of Volcanic Undergravels in Ethiopia (Newill, D and Aklilu, K); Engineering Properties of a Delta Deposit of Lake Malawi (Harris, GM and Partridge, TC); Geotechnical Properties of West and North African Continental Shelf Sediments (Sullivan, RA and Squire, JM); Mechanical Properties of the Cretaceous Sediments of the Natal Coast (Webb, DL and Allinson, AJ); Engineering Properties of Aeolian Kalahari Sands (Schwartz, K and Yates, JRC); Geotechnical Properties of a Deep Organic Clay Stratum Underlying Lagos Area of Nigeria (Ajayi, LA); Residual Shear Strength of Tropical Soils (Bucher, F and Kyulule, AL); Variability of Geotechnical Properties of Subgrade Soils in a Residual Profile over Phyllite (Gidigasu, MD); The Use of the Chemical and Physiochemical Properties of Laterites in Their Identification (Madu, RM); Mining Waste Evaluation as Highway Material (Hammond, AA). (continued on TRIS 349141.) (TRRL)

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• Authors:
  • Houghton, D A
  • STACEY, T R
  • Warwick, D W
  • Caiger, J H
  • NEWILL, D
  • Akliku, K
  • Harris, G M
  • Partridge, T C
  • SULLIVAN, R A
  • Squire, J M
  • Webb, D L
  • Allison, A J
  • Schwartz, K
  • Yates, JRC
  • Ajayi, L A
  • BUCHER, F
  • Kyulule, A L
  • Madu, R M
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 3-129
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Balkema (AA)
  • Publisher: AA Balkema

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alluvium; Conferences; Deltas; Engineering geology; Foundation engineering; Geotechnical engineering; Laterites; Metamorphic rocks; Organic soils; Sand; Shear strength; Soil mechanics; Subgrade (Pavements); Tropics; Volcanic deposits
• Uncontrolled Terms: Phyllite
• Old TRIS Terms: Delta deposits
• ITRD Terms: 8001: Africa; 4563: By product; 4177: Clay; 8525: Conference; 4041: Deposit (natural); 2937: Drainage; 3871: Drilling; 8033: Ethiopia; 4053: Geology; 4575: Gravel; 4378: Lake; 4138: Laterite; 7366: Organic; 3361: Pipe; 3665: Road construction; 4105: Sand; 4190: Sediment; 5531: Shear; 5755: Soil mechanics; 8103: South Africa; 5544: Strength (mater); 2950: Subgrade; 2513: Tropics; 313: Urban area; 4002: Volcanic; 2554: Wind
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00349140
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 90 6191 093 5
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 28 1982 12:00AM