Settlement over peat on the A5 at Pant Dedwydd near Cerrigydrudion, North Wales

Engineering Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 299-307

  Nichol, Douglas ^a   Farmer, Ian W ^b  

^a WREXHAM COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b Ian Farmer Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embankment; Highway; Organic soil; Peat; Peatland; Road; Settlement; Site investigation; Subsidence; United States; Wales

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENTS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOLOGY; MAINTENANCE; PEAT; PROBES; REPAIR; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SITE SELECTION; SOIL MECHANICS;

HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE; NORTH WALES; PEATLAND; SITE INVESTIGATION; TRUNK ROADS;

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

PEAT; ROAD; SUBSIDENCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032194351     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(98)00027-1     Document Type: Article

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