Fill compaction criteria for Port Hills Gravel Formation soils, Nelson
Port Hills Gravel Formation (PHG) is a Pliocene terrestrial soil-like deposit. It is located in Nelson as part of the Marsden and Port Hills Synclines. PHG is comprised of heterogeneous clay and silt bound gravel, with lenses of sandstone and occasional lignite seams and is intersected by northeast...
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University of Canterbury. Geological Sciences
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4387 |
| Summary: | Port Hills Gravel Formation (PHG) is a Pliocene terrestrial soil-like
deposit. It is located in Nelson as part of the Marsden and Port Hills
Synclines. PHG is comprised of heterogeneous clay and silt bound
gravel, with lenses of sandstone and occasional lignite seams and is
intersected by northeast - southwest trending faults. . PHG soils are
considered good building material for the construction of earth
structures such as embankment dams, gully fills and slope buttresses
but there have been a number of failures in poorly constructed fills..
The purpose of this thesis was to study the engineering properties of
PHG soils, to review current fill operations and to identify any serious
shortcomings affecting earthfill operations with PHG soils and to
establish standard testing methodologies and compaction criteria for
the PHG soils. |
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