10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLICKENSIDED»
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slickensided in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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An Experimental Study of the Dynamic Behavior of ...
When a clay soil is sheared, clay particles along the shear plane become aligned in the direction of shear, forming "slickensided" surfaces.
Christopher L. Meehan, 2006
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
Locally, the contact is slickensided as though the neck had moved upward as a
solid pillar. No dikes were observed to radiate from the neck, although dikes
believed to be related are common in nearby faults and shear zones. The
northeast ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1982
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Soil Mechanics for Unsaturated Soils
0 0.46 0.91 3.05 3.51 3.81 5.18 ft Brown, fine, dry, sand with roots Yellow, silty
sand Grey clay and yellow sand Khaki shale with iron concretions •gijKhaki,
slickensided ~"^ shale friable with iron jxa concretions *-*£ Khaki, slickensided
shale C ...
D. G. Fredlund, Harianto Rahardjo, 1993
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United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
It is on this escarpment that the slickensided surfaces are displayed. PLUM
RIDGE AND VICINITY At its north end the base of the Plum Ridge scarp
approaches Upper Klamath Lake, from which it is separated only by a narrow
alluvial apron.
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Clay and Shale Slope Instability
... Plastic Unified Residual Angle of Description lnterval* Limit Limit Soil
Cohesion Residual (m) Classification (kPa) Friction (°) Samples from the basal
slip surface 1 7.3-8.0 94 40 MH 4.1 10.9 Brown slickensided clay 3 8.1-8.7 107
44 MH 3.9 ...
William C. Haneberg, Scott A. Anderson, Geological Society of America. Division of Engineering Geology, 1995
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Abstracts of papers submitted for seven meetings with which ...
The outcrop is an arched slickensided surface, which in detail is a mosaic of
smaller slickensided arches. Structural mapping disclosed that each arch caps a
joint block. Prominent high-angle northwest and northeast joint sets form
rectangular ...
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Controls on the Distribution and Quality of Cretaceous Coals
For the most part the slickensided bedding surfaces have resulted from flexural
slip during folding, which has destroyed the Figure 19. Partially caved entry in
Balmer North Mine. Failure has been promoted by slickensided carbonaceous ...
Peter J. McCabe, Judith Totman Parrish, 1992
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U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin
Figure 16. Scanning-electron micrographs of portions of the failure surface. A,
View normal to a slickensided surface. B, View oblique to several subparallel
slickensided surfaces. surface, whereas clasts outside this zone appear to be ...
In the tunnel well-marked slipping planes lined with gouge and slickensided
were observed. This vein, which averages perhaps 6 feet in thickness, contains
pyrite, chalcopyrite, and malachite in a quartz-calcite gangue, and is reported to
carry ...
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Issues in Earth Sciences, Geology, and Geophysics: 2011 Edition
(2010 AUG 2) University of Delaware, Newark: Direct shear testing of polished
slickensided surfaces “A series of ring shear and direct shear tests were
performed to measure the drained residual strength of three clay soils. For each
of the soils ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLICKENSIDED»
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slickensided is used in the context of the following news items.
Fatal November Monongalia County, WV mine incident was …
The accident occurred because a roof anomaly (slickensided rock) was present, but was not identified prior to positioning the roof bolting machine and starting ... «State Journal, Mar 15»
South Napa Earthquake: Which Fault's at Fault?
If you visit that link to Lockwood's blog, you'll see one of the possible results: a lovely slickensided cliff. And I think everybody's familiar with the San Andreas ... «Scientific American, Aug 14»
UD's Christopher Meehan has been named the 2012 Young …
... recognized, as did Meehan, who earned a 2009 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award to study slickensided surfaces. «University of Delaware, Jan 13»
Meehan named Bentley Systems Incorporated Chair of Civil …
In 2009, Meehan received the National Science Foundation's prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award to study the seismic behavior of slickensided ... «University of Delaware, Sep 12»
