TRB Pubsindex
Text Size:
x

« Prev Next »

Return to Results | New Search

Bookmark and Share

Title:

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT REPORT: A GEOTECHNICAL AID FOR PLANNERS

Accession Number:

00315301

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Find a library where document is available


Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309029880

Abstract:

Since 1976, the Soil Mechanics Bureau of the New York State Department of Transportation has produced reports that delineate information on the physical base of a potential transportation corridor or project. These reports have their origin in the traditional engineering soil map. The transportation planner must identify potential changes in the physical base of an area that could result from a transportation improvement and determine how these changes may affect the environment. The reports present physical-base data on geology, soils, groundwater, and surface water in map form and include an explanation of the mapped units in an explanatory legend. Information contained in the reports includes topography, slopes, terrain units, bedrock, aquifers, erodibility, runoff, floodplain and watershed delineation, and stream-classification data. A brief description of the use of the mapped information is included, along with a listing of references and data sources. This paper briefly describes the data-collection and presentation procedures and the cautionary statements and uses made of the reports. (Author)

Supplemental Notes:

Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Engineering Geology. 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 #:

01411561

Authors:

Fernau, Edward A

Pagination:

pp 65-69

Publication Date:

1979

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 733
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

Conference:

58th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
Date: 1979-1-15 to 1979-1-19

ISBN:

0309029880

Media Type:

Print

Features:

Figures (2) ; Maps (1) ; References (11) ; Tables (2)

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Geotechnology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Sep 16 1980 12:00AM

More Articles from this Serial Issue: