Flashcards
Soil Types
Flashcards do conjunto (5)
- 1SOIL TYPES Clay Heave and ShrinkSandy Soils
Frost Heave, washed away by water table movement - 2Organic Soils compressible, hold waterFills
Unknown Problems ?! - 3VEGETATION trees/bushes extract water from soils leading to shrinkagefelled trees
release water from root bulb back into soil causing heave - 4GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA limeston/chalk soils can suffer from groundwater... sink holessoils creep / move
if slopes are too steep landslides occur - 5CHEMICAL REACTION Sulphates in the soil attack slab from beneathOTHER CAUSES
Mining
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vibration through quake movement
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- Maintenance, Repair & Refurbishment FlashCards sobre Soil Types, criado por l.taylor-11 em 24-05-2014.
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