About the Book
Table of Contents:
Summary, Acknowledgements, List of figures, List of tables, List of case studies, Abbreviations, Notation, 1 INTRODUCTION, 1.1 Background, 1.2 Scope and objectives, 1.3 Structure of the report, 2 GEOLOGY OF THE LAMBETH GROUP, 2.1 Regional setting, 2.2 Depositional environment, 2.3 Historical perspective, 2.4 Stratigraphy, 2.5 Depositional environment and processes, 2.6 Geophysical log characteristics, 2.7 Mineralogy, 2.8 Post-depositional features, 3 ENGINEERING HAZARDS, 3.1 Uncertainties stemming from the geology, 3.2 Engineering hazards, 4 ENGINEERING PROPERTIES, 4.1 Sources of data for the London Basin, 4.2 Sources of data for the Hampshire Basin, 4.3 Depositional environments and post-depositional processes,4.4 Generalised geotechnical descriptions, 4.5 Distribution, 4.6 Composition, 4.7 Soil plasticity, 4.8 Clay mineralogy, 4.9 Liquidity index, 4.10 Bulk density, 4.11 Groundwater conditions and in-situ horizontal stresses, 4.12 Undrained strength, 4.13 Effective stress strength parameters, 4.14 Stiffness, 4.15 Penetration resistance, 4.16 Consolidation parameters, 4.17 Permeability, 5 DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND PERFORMANCE, 5.1 Bored tunnels and shafts, 5.2 Deep excavations and cut-and-cover structures, 5.3 Groundwater control using dewatering techniques, 5.4 Slope stability, 5.5 Dredging, 5.6 Fill and pavement engineering, 5.7 Piled foundations, 5.8 Shallow foundations, 6 GROUND INVESTIGATION, 6.1 Desk study, 6.2 Stratigraphy and groundwater conditions, 6.3 In-situ testing, 6.4 Sampling methods, 6.5 Sampling effects, 6.6 Laboratory testing, 6.7 Best practice for ground investigations in the Lambeth Group, 6.8 Assessing engineering properties and selecting design parameters, 7 FURTHER WORK, 7.1 Characteristaion studies, 7.2 Case histories, REFERENCES, APPENDICES, A1 Bibliography, A2 Photographs of cores and exposures of the Lambeth Group, A3 Case history data
