ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COLLUVIUM
Latin: collection of filth, from colluere to wash thoroughly, from com- (intensive) + luere to wash.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLLUVIUM»
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Geologic Hazards: A Field Guide for Geotechnical Engineers
Piezometers installed as part of an investigation revealed that the highest pore
pressures were in the fractured rock zone, under the colluvium. Remedial
measures: To correct the slide, Dr. Karl Terzaghi had a number of horizontal drill
holes ...
2
Geological Survey Professional Paper
The colluvium rests on older deposits — drift, colluvium, alluvium, residuum —
and also on bedrock. It is not commonly overlain by other material. The soils
developed on colluvium are the same as those developed on Wisconsin till of
similar ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1963
3
Global View of Engineering Geology and the Environment
Changqing Qi, Xing Liu & Jimin Wu School ofEarth Sciences and Engineering,
Hohai University, Nanjing, China ABSTRACT: Mahe colluvium, which is between
the two alternative dam sites for the proposed Lenggu Hydropower Station in ...
Wu Faquan, Shengwen Qi, 2013
4
Geological Survey Professional Paper
TERTIARY AND PLEISTOCENE*?) COLLUVIUM The upper slopes and tops of
smooth ridges northeast and southeast of Red and White Mountain are mantled
in places by thick colluvium that contains abundant blocks of light-colored ...
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Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research (Online) no. ...
... shell lag/colluvium Hiatella arctica 7 449528 7512019 90 Marine silt and clay;
shell lag/colluvium Macoma calcarea 7 449528 7512019 90 Marine silt and clay;
shell lag/colluvium Mya truncata 8 449597 7511836 76 Marine silt and clay; ...
Giangioppi, M, Little, E C, Ferbey, T
6
Hong Kong Landscapes: Shaping the Barren Rock
IN 17 Colluvium Colluvium is an accumulation of soil and rock fragments that are
deposited on slopes by a variety of processes that reflect the influence of gravity.
Examples include movement down a slope of small particles following rain ...
Bernie Owen, Raynor Shaw, 2007
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U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
The most common and destructive landslides in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area are
formed in colluvium. Collu vium is formed from bedrock units by weathering and
slaking of shales. The principal colluvium-producing bedrock unit is the Kope ...
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
Many slopes of the Cascade Range foothills are covered with thick deposits of
landslide debris and colluvium. These deposits were not systematically mapped
for this study, but their distribution is reproduced with slight modification from the
...
9
Processes Controlling the Composition of Clastic Sediments
<1 ,000 Colluvium All 3 88 7 5 0 <1 ,000 Colluvium Ridge crest 1 82 7 11 O <
1,000 Colluvium Side slope 2 88 7 5 O 1,000-2,000 Younger soils All 15 64 18
18 O 1,000-2,000 Alluvium Valley bottom 1 88 8 3 0 1,000-2,000 Colluvium All 14
62 ...
Mark J. Johnsson, Abhijit Basu, 1993
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Rock Stress '03: Proceedings of the Second International ...
7 THE COLLUVIUM BASE ELEVATION DISTRIBUTION Identification of regional
colluvium base elevation distribution is very critical to slope failure assessment.
In the study area, because the borehole data is very limited, to determine ...
K. Sugawara, Y. Obara, A. Sato, 2003
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLLUVIUM»
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colluvium is used in the context of the following news items.
Alianza Commences Nevada Projects Reconnaissance
Geology on the property consists of surface colluvium underlain by rocks of the Havallah Sequence (upper plate) which overlie Ordovician ... «Canadian Mining Journal, Jul 15»
Beadell warns of less gold in June quarter
... impacted material movement as the Urucum openpit transitioned from a majority of clay-rich colluvium and oxide overburden to harder ore. «Creamer Media's Mining Weekly, Jun 15»
Para Resources Inc. Announces Acquisition of Cumaru-Gradaus …
... bearing unconsolidated material such as colluvium-elluvium transition zones to delineate volumes of free-ore which can be easily processed ... «Canadian Mining Journal, May 15»
Red Mountain Mining's gold find to extend early mining zone
Other results included Trench 37 extended, that intersected 10 metres at 1.17 g/t gold from colluvium overlying the hangingwall lode structure. «Proactive Investors Australia, May 15»
Toothless NBRO challenged by new landslide
Mr.Bandara said the Haldumulla slope is considered high-risk as colluvium soil (loose earth material that moves downhill and accumulates at ... «The Sunday Times Sri Lanka, Apr 15»
Red Mountain Mining finds more high-grade gold at surface in …
11 metres at 19.1g/t gold, overlying Colluvium Zone. Earlier in the month highlights included 4.5 metres at 14.8g/t gold; and 6.0 metres at ... «Proactive Investors USA & Canada, Mar 15»
Melior Resources Inc.: Goondicum Operation Resource Addition
These units comprise colluvium ("CL"), an upper clay-sand unit sub-divided into high slimes ("CS_H") and low slimes ("CS_L") and a lower ... «Marketwired, Mar 15»
Red Mountain Mining finds more high-grade gold at surface
6.0 metres at 13.03g/t gold from colluvium above SWB hangingwall lode. Boulder results included 33.5g/t gold; 27.7g/t gold and 11.5g/t gold ... «Proactive Investors USA & Canada, Mar 15»
Tarsis Acquires Eight Gold Properties in Nevada From Sandstorm …
Geology on the property consists of surface colluvium underlain by rocks of the Havallah Sequence (upper plate) which overlie Ordovician ... «MarketWatch, Jan 15»
Cycling for Science #2 - Geology
Where clay, chalk, flint and topsoil is washed downslope there are layers or pockets of colluvium. For further details of the geology of Kent I ... «Science 2.0, Jan 15»
