Residual soil development on sedimentary rocks of the Jurong Formation in Singapore

702001-101247-1043-B
Author : J. Pitts & R. Kannan
Publication : Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia
Page : 453-468
Volume Number : 19
Year : 1986
DOI : https://doi.org/10.7186/bgsm19198634

 Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia, Volume 19, April 1986, pp. 453 – 468

Residual soil development on sedimentary rocks of the Jurong Formation in Singapore

JOHN PITTS and R. KANNAN

School of Civil and Structural Engineering, Nanyang Technological Institute, Singapore

 

Abstract: The Jurong Formation constitutes a variable siliciclastic succession which produces residual soils of differing character. Details of the variability of particle size distribution and plasticity characteristics within the profiles of these residual soils are presented. This variability has considerable implications for strength, permeability and compressibility characteristics. Some results of in situ penetration tests confirm this variability with depth. Details are also provided of the properties of a thin zone apparently intermediate between completely weathered rock and residual soil. This zone is believed to be an important factor in slope instability in some areas.

https://doi.org/10.7186/bgsm19198634


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