THE ENGINEERING GEOLOGY OF DEVENSIAN DEPOSITS UNDERLYING PFA LAGOONS AT GALE COMMON, YORKSHIRE

Gale common is the disposal site for some 1 million tonnes of pulverised fuel ash per annum. By the end of the century the lagoons with their 8 km of retaining embankments will form an artificial landscaped hill some 47 m in height. The paper discusses the geological and sedimentary characteristics of the 12 M of Quaternary sediments which overlie permo-triassic bedrock at the site. Variations in the geotechnical properties of the 25-foot drift foundation clay are related to macro- and micro structure and to the depositional conditions which obtained in the near-shore zone of lake humber during Devensian times. The stability of the lagoon embankments which are being constructed in conditioned p.f.a. and colliery shale is considered in relationship to the underlying sediments. /TRRL/

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/04812085
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the regional meeting of the engineering group of the Geological Society held at Norwich on 15-18 Sept. 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

  BURLINGTON HOUSE, PICCADILLY
  LONDON,   United Kingdom  W1V 0JU
• Authors:
  • TAYLOR, R K
  • Barton, R
  • Mitchell, J E
  • Cobb, A E
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References;
• Serial:
  • QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY
  • ISSN: 0481-2085

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Clay; Conferences; Consolidations; Deposits (Geology); Embankments; Engineering geology; Fly ash; Geological phenomena; Geology; Handling and storage; Lagoons; Minerals; Shale; Shear strength; Stability (Mechanics); Storage facilities; Strength of materials; Time periods
• Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Deposits; Embankment stability; Quaternary deposits
• ITRD Terms: 4177: Clay; 8525: Conference; 5791: Consolidation (soil); 2801: Embankment; 4580: Fly ash; 4053: Geology; 4051: Mineral; 4083: Quaternary era; 4168: Shale; 5531: Shear; 5722: Site investigation; 5930: Stability; 9137: Storage; 5544: Strength (mater); 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Highways; Terminals and Facilities; I41: General Soil Surveys; I51: Earthworks and Soil Drainage;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149084
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 1977 12:00AM