Steeply dipping heaving bedrock, Colorado: Part 1 - Heave features and physical geological framework

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 289-308

  Noe, David C ^a   Higgins, Jerry D ^b   Olsen, Harold W ^b  

^a Senior Engineering Geologist   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Colorado; Dipping rock; Expansive rock; Heaving ground; Shale

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; CLAY; FRACTURE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; LIMESTONE; SANDSTONE; SHALE; SILT;

BEDROCK; BENTONITE; CLAYSTONE; FRACTURE ZONE; HEAVE; MESOZOIC; MORPHOLOGY; SILTSTONE;

COLORADO; DENVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349026565     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.13.4.289     Document Type: Article

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