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Title:

AIRPHOTO INTERPRETATION OF COASTAL PLAIN AREAS

Accession Number:

00229646

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

THE ENGINEERING SOIL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY BY THE JOINT HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROJECT AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY CONCENTRATED ITS EARLY EFFORTS IN AREAS WHERE THE PARENT MATERIAL OF THE SOIL IS EITHER RESIDUAL OR GLACIAL. RECENTLY, ATTENTION HAS BEEN DIRECTED TO THE ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN PROVINCE. THE TECHNIQUES OF AIR-PHOTO INTERPRETATION AND THEIR APPLICATION IS THIS AREA ARE HEREIN DESCRIBED. EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON THE DIFFERENCES IN IMPORTANCE OF THE VARIOUS BASIC PRINCIPLES OF AIRPHOTO INTERPRETATION IN THE COASTAL PLAIN AS CONTRASTED WITH THOSE OF RESIDUAL OR GLACIAL AREAS. SEVERAL MAP UNITS ARE DESCRIBED AND SOIL TEST DATA FOR EACH IS INCLUDED. /AUTHOR/

Supplemental Notes:

No 83, pp 40-57, 1L FIG, 3 TAB, 14 REF Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

01410493

Language:

English

Authors:

Holman, William W
Nickola, H C

Discussers:

Henderson, Edward A

Publication Date:

1953

Serial:

Highway Research Board Bulletin

Issue Number: 83
Publisher: Highway Research Board

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Subject Areas:

Geotechnology; Highways

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Aug 15 2004 2:39AM

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