Man-made strata occur throughout the world.Also locally called“fill”or“reclaimed land,”most man-made strata were formed by industrial activity.Some strata are inert,well consolidated and properly“engineered”for ...Man-made strata occur throughout the world.Also locally called“fill”or“reclaimed land,”most man-made strata were formed by industrial activity.Some strata are inert,well consolidated and properly“engineered”for their intended future use.Many other,however,are polluted,contaminated and potentially unstable owing to poor environmental management and monitoring.Such deposits are often stratigraphically complex and thus require site-specific geologic and geotechnical investigation to ensure ground stability and to avoid release of surface,subsurface and airborne pollutants.展开更多
Patterns and rates of deposition,migration and retention of pollutants in man-made strata depend on the depositional history and physical and chemical characteristics of the constituent materials.A sound understanding...Patterns and rates of deposition,migration and retention of pollutants in man-made strata depend on the depositional history and physical and chemical characteristics of the constituent materials.A sound understanding of the spatial and chronological relationships of materials is required for effective evaluation of solid,liquid and gaseous geo-pollution and design and understanding and interpretation of investigations of potentially contaminated land.Description of materials and boundaries requires clear terminology.A proposed terminology has been developed based on experience from a variety of sites in Japan including the experimental infilling of an old quarry.The terminology is commended for further discussion.展开更多
文摘Man-made strata occur throughout the world.Also locally called“fill”or“reclaimed land,”most man-made strata were formed by industrial activity.Some strata are inert,well consolidated and properly“engineered”for their intended future use.Many other,however,are polluted,contaminated and potentially unstable owing to poor environmental management and monitoring.Such deposits are often stratigraphically complex and thus require site-specific geologic and geotechnical investigation to ensure ground stability and to avoid release of surface,subsurface and airborne pollutants.
文摘Patterns and rates of deposition,migration and retention of pollutants in man-made strata depend on the depositional history and physical and chemical characteristics of the constituent materials.A sound understanding of the spatial and chronological relationships of materials is required for effective evaluation of solid,liquid and gaseous geo-pollution and design and understanding and interpretation of investigations of potentially contaminated land.Description of materials and boundaries requires clear terminology.A proposed terminology has been developed based on experience from a variety of sites in Japan including the experimental infilling of an old quarry.The terminology is commended for further discussion.
