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Embankment dams:

Foundation and earth materials investigations, Part 12
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U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office, 1989 - Technology & Engineering - 72 pages

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Contents

SURFACE EXPLORATION
16
LOGGING OF EXPLORATIONS
25
BOREHOLE EXAMINATION
32

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Common terms and phrases

aerial photographs Asphaltic concrete Auger hole backfilled borehole borings borrow areas borrow materials Bureau of Reclamation Chapter 12 Foundation characteristics clay Cone penetration test construction materials DAMS Chapter 12 Denver Office depth design standard determined developed drill hole drill media drill rod Earth Manual Earth Materials Investigations EMBANKMENT DAMS EMBANKMENT DAMS Chapter Engineering Geology engineering properties excavations exploratory Field Classification fine-grained soils Foundation and Earth Geotechnical Engineering gravel hydraulic fracturing identified impervious in-place conditions Investigations 12.24 laboratory tests landforms locations logs of explorations Materials Investigations 12.21F metamorphic rocks modulus obtain particles performed permeability petrographic piezometer pit or auger PORPHYRY potential for hydraulic procedures Pyroclastic Rocks reference residual soil resistance record riprap rock core samplers sand SANOSTONE shear strength sieve SILICEOUS soil classification soil deposits stratigraphy subsurface explorations surfical deposits TEST FILLS TEST GROUTING test pits TEST QUARRIES trenches undisturbed samples water level

References from web pages

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United States Bureau of Reclamation, Division of Design, Embankment Dams ..... Charles, ja and Boden, jb (1985) The failure of embankment dams in the United ...
www.library.unsw.edu.au/ ~thesis/ adt-NUN/ uploads/ approved/ adt-NUN20031112.113753/ public/ 10references.pdf

BC Ministry of Forests Library
Embankment Dams Chapter 13: Seismic Design and Analysis. by United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Denver, Colo.: us Bureau of Reclamation, 1989. ...
www.library.for.gov.bc.ca/ ipac20/ ipac.jsp?session=B2051374H2208.174183& profile=mof& uindex=SW& term=Earth%20Dams%20--%...

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TitleEmbankment dams: Foundation and earth materials investigations, Part 12
Issue 13 of Design standards
Embankment Dams: Foundation and Earth Materials Investigations, United States. Bureau of Reclamation
AuthorsUnited States. Bureau of Reclamation, United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Denver Office
PublisherU.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office, 1989
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized4 Dec 2007
Length72 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Dams
Earth dams
Embankments
Technology & Engineering / Civil / Dams & Reservoirs
Technology & Engineering / Hydraulics
  
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