Geosciences
Slope Stability The stability of a slope depends to a great extent upon discontinuities (Fig. 1). Even in a carefully excavated slope stress relief may induce joint opening which allows … Read More
Geologists use a lot of tools to aid their studies. Some of the most common tools used are compasses, rock hammers, hand lenses, and field books. Best Geology Tools List: … Read More
Harmonizing engineering geology with rock engineering for assessing slope stability The construction, design, remediation and maintenance of rock slopes have always been an important area in geo-engineering. Particularly, in the … Read More
Google Earth A research team has developed a tool that allows a 3D journey in ten sites of geological and palaeontological interest in the Guadalquivir basin (Huelva, Spain). In the … Read More
Rocks store information about the temperatures that they have experienced. Wageningen University researchers and international colleagues are the first to develop a method that reveals low-temperature information (from 35 °C … Read More
Slides A slide is a downslope movement of a soil or rock mass occurring on surfaces of rupture or on relatively thin zones of intense shear strain. The movement does … Read More
The designing for example roads was usually based on the conventional technique of balancing cut and fills with the slope gradient of 1V:1H to 1V:1.5H for the cut areas and … Read More
Common problems The terms soil and earth are commonly referred to in the excavation process to describe the naturally occurring materials uncovered on a project. Soil conditions vary from one … Read More
FallsA fall begins with the detachment of soil or rock, or both, from a steep slope along a surface on which little or no shear displacement has occurred. The material … Read More
A deep foundation is a type of foundation that transfers building loads to the earth farther down from the surface than a shallow foundation does to a subsurface layer or … Read More