LANDSLIDES: INVESTIGATION AND MITIGATION. CHAPTER 21 - SHALES AND OTHER DEGRADABLE MATERIALS

Shales and other degradable materials that cannot be classified as rock or as soils in terms of their behavior in slopes or in civil engineering works in general are the subject of this chapter. Currently available methods of identifying, classifying, and treating these degradable materials so as to reduce the risk of slope failure are discussed. Sedimentary rocks, which constitute the bulk of degradable materials worldwide, are discussed first. Other degradable materials, including weathered igneous and metamorphic rocks, are discussed in less detail. Emphasis is placed on the successful use of these materials in embankments and on their treatment in the formation of cut slopes.

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• Authors:
  • Walkinshaw, John L
  • Santi, Paul M
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 555-576
• 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: Embankments; Igneous rocks; Landslides; Metamorphic rocks; Sedimentary rocks; Shale; Slope stability; Soil stabilization; Soil types
• Uncontrolled Terms: Soil treatment
• Old TRIS Terms: Soil classification systems
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics; I43: Rock Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00722510
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 030906208X
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 6 1996 12:00AM