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Using the Complete Nano Engineering Geological Spectrum to Assess the Performance of Clay Barriers
Clays are geomaterials used in various (over 100) applications in our society. The more common geotechnical applications are clay barriers to contain...
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Standardised Methods for Sampling by Drilling and Excavation and for Groundwater Measurements
The Technical Committees of the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) on...
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Engineering Geocryological Map** for Construction in the Permafrost Regions
Results of compiling a digital engineering geological and engineering geocryological maps at all stages of a geotechnical survey for construction are...
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The Effect of Sand on Strength of Mixtures of Bentonite-Sand
The main purpose of this research is to evaluate the effect of sand on strength of compacted samples of bentonite sand mixtures. Samples of bentonite...
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Some Basic Considerations about the Necessities and Possibilities of Cooperation between Civil Engineers and Engineering Geologists
The education of civil engineers and engineering geologists is different. While civil engineers are commonly educated and trained in mathematical and...
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Behaviour of the Weak Rock Cut Slopes and Their Characterization Using the Results of the Slake Durability Test
Slopes excavated in argillaceous rocks often show degradation mechanisms and local falls which affect both safety and maintenance costs of the roads....
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An Overview of the Geological and Geotechnical Aspects of the New Railway Line in the Lower Inn Valley
The new railway line in the lower Inn-valley is part of the Brenner railway axis from Munich to Verona (“feeder north”). The first section between...
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Creep Behaviour of Alpine Salt Rock and the Influence of Insoluble Residues in Solution Mining
In Austrian salt mining, brine is won by way of solution mining with the borehole well method. The Alpine salt rock (Haselgebirge) consists of a high...
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Suitability Maps of Underground Construction in the Province of South-Holland
Subsurface suitability maps give an insight in both the geology and the physical and chemical soil properties. The geology and soil properties...
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Smart Site Investigations Save Money!
More appropriate and well-timed site investigations have a major positive impact in order to reduce the risk of failure. Design and construction of...
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5 Fossil Hydrothermal Systems
Reactive transport modeling of the history of fossil hydrothermal systems provides the basis for understanding genesis of ore deposits as well as...
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Various Assessments of the Characteristic Values of Soil Cohesion and Friction Angle: Application to New Caledonian Laterite
In situ measurements, as well as laboratory tests, yield varied information on ground material. In order to carry out computations, it is necessary...
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Soil Investigation Aspects of a Complex Metro Project in Amsterdam
The municipality of Amsterdam wishes to reduce the level of car traffic within the City Centre. As a consequence the public transport is to be...
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Effects of the Determination of Characteristic Values of Soil Parameters
In April 1996 the German version of the Eurocode EC 7 “Geotechnical design - General rules” was published as a “pre-standard”, entitled V ENV 1997-1....
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Austrian Guideline for Geomechanical Design of Tunnels - Necessity for Cooperation between Geologists, Geotechnical and Civil Engineers
Rising competitive pressure in the construction business, ever tighter schedules being set up by the clients and ongoing disputes between engineering...
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Soil Investigations Requirements from the Construction Industry
When the majority of soil investigation methods concentrate on the characterization of the soil in terms of soil-structure interactions or structural...
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Numerical Modelling of Seismic Slope Stability
Earthquake ground-motions recorded worldwide have shown that many morphological and geological structures (topography, sedimentary basin) are prone...
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Cut-and-Cover Tunnel below Boulevard River Meuse, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Paper describes the geotechnical risks and soil investigations related to design and con- struction of the cut-and-cover tunnel below the western...
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True Amplitudes: A Challenge in Reflection Seismology
Kirchhoff migration is a well-known process in the world of seismic exploration to transform seismic reflection data into an interpretable image of...
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Imaging of Orebodies with Vertical Seismic Profiling Data
Geophysical exploration for volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits, a major source for lead, copper, zinc and other metals, is conventionally...