Bull’s Liver Soil

Engineering Geology Soil Mechanics

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This is a video of rock flour, also known as Bull’s liver. Although it is fine grained, and is commonly confused to be clayey, it is essentially a silt, with particles of quartz grounded to small size by glaciers. The silt particles have practically no plasticity. In this video, a field engineer is playing with rock flour and by tamping it, is able to liquefy it.

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Engineering Geology Incipient Road Collapse due to Karst Feature Granite Exposure Photo Effect of Glaciers on the Rocks A Field Trip for Civil Engineering Students to demonstrate the importance of Engineering Geology Exposure of the Genoa Fault Hayward Fault Deformation: Migration of Hamilton Creek Structures on top of the Hayward Fault Trace Road Deformation due to Hayward Fault Creep Relative orientation of the jointing and the applied thrust Rockfill & Earthfill Material Definition Blocky Mass Failures Slope Failure in Metarmophic Rocks Clay Mineral Image Collection Top 10 papers on Active Faulting Science Education Resource Center (Carleton College)Rocscience International Conference 2021 - Lifetime Achievement Session - Dr. Evert Hoek

Web Class Assignments

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CEE 544-Soil-Site Improve

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Wildfires and Debris/Mudflows

CE 179-Geosystems Engineering Design

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St. Francis Dam: Worst Civil Engineering Failure of the 20th Century

CE 179-Geosystems Engineering Design

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The tilt of the Leaning Tower of Pisa: Why and How?

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CE 176-Environmental Geotechnics

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