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GEOTECH LESSON 1-2 Flashcards

1
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They were formed y movement of soils from its original place by gravity

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Colluvial Soils

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They were formed by deposition in the seas.

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Marine Soils

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They are formed from sediments, animals, and plant materials that are deposited in water or on land on the earth’s surface and then subjected to pressures and heat.

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Sedimentary Rocks

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They are formed from magma emitted from volcanoes that have cooled and solidified.

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Igneous Rocks

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5
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They are ground fracture

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Faults

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6
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It is the horizontal separation of a layer or bedding plane.

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Strike

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7
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It is the calcium sulphate formed under heat and pressure from sediments in ocean brine.

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Gypsum

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It is the mixture of sand,, silt, and clay that may contain organic material

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Loam

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It is a wind blown, uniform fine-grained soil.

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Loess

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10
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They are clays that undergo large volume changes from cycles of wetting and drying.

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Expansive Soils

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11
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They were formed by deposition of quite lakes.

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Lacustrine Soils

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12
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It is clay and silt mixed with water into a viscous fluid.

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Mud

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13
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Based in the Earth’s profile, what are the layers of the earth?

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Crust
Mantle
Core

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14
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The oldest and most complex engineering material

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Soil

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15
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Western civilizations credit the ___ for recognizing the importance of soils in the stability of structures.

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Romans

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16
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Served during the reign of Emperor Augustus in the first century B.C., paid great attention to soil types (sand, gravel, etc.) and to design and construction of solid foundations.

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Vitruvius

17
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First person to use mechanics to solve soil problems.

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Coulomb

18
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The application of engineering mechanics to the solution of problems dealing with soils as foundation and a construction material.

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Soil Mechanics

19
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Two tenets of engineering design.

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Stability and Economy

20
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Uncemented aggregate of mineral grains and decayed organic matter (solid particles) along with the liquid and gas that occupy the empty spaces between the solid particles

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Soil

21
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Application of the principles of soil mechanics to practical problems.

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Soil Engineering

22
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Father of Soil Mechanics

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Karl Terzaghi

23
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The science and practice of the part of civil engineering that involves natural materials found close to the surface of the earth.

It includes the application of the fundamental principles of soil mechanics and rock mechanics to foundation design problems
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Geotechnical Engineering

24
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These are application of fundamental principles to foundation design problems.

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Soil Mechanics

Rock Mechanics

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