In the year of 2012 the NARO announced an in-situ ground survey machine, the Nippon Screw Weight System (NSWS), designed to overcome problems with the […]
The Atterberg limits are a basic measure of the critical water contents of a fine-grained soil: its shrinkage limit, plastic limit, and liquid limit. Depending […]
Vegetation and slope stability Vegetation and slope stability are interrelated by the ability of the plant life growing on slopes to both promote and hinder […]
Definition and range of types CONGLOMERATES are all those coarse-grained sedimentary rocks that consist dominantly of gravel-sized (>2mm) clasts. They are also known as rudites. […]
The cone penetration or cone penetrometer test (CPT) is a method used to determine the geotechnical engineering properties of soils and delineating soil stratigraphy. It […]
Explain the importance of sedimentary rocks and summarize the part of the rock cycle that pertains to sediments and sedimentary rocks. List the three categories […]
Major undersea earthquakes occasionally set in motion a series of large ocean waves that are known by the Japanese name tsunami (“harbor wave”). Most tsunamis […]
Rock Quality Designation (RQD) Rock Quality Designation (RQD) is a measure of quality of rock core taken from a borehole. RQD signifies the degree of […]
Geology earth science Geology (from the Ancient Greek γῆ, gē (“earth”) and -λoγία, -logia, (“study of”, “discourse”)) is an earth science concerned with the solid […]
Engineering geological mapping Large-scale maps are those devoted to the depiction of relatively small surface areas in great detail and range from about 1:1 000 […]
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