Periglacial and Glacial Engineering
Geology Working Party
Publication Proposal
Periglacial and Glacial Engineering Geology Working Party Publication Proposal
This document provides a proposal for a new Working Party publication, which is supported by the
Engineering Group of the Geological Society (EGGS). This publication proposal has been developed by a
dedicated Steering Group, which met in November 2010, March and June 2011. The Steering Group
comprised John Charman (Chair), Chris Martin (Secretary), Dave Giles, Prof Jim Griffiths, Julian
Murton, Kevin Privett and Mike Winter. The outline of the Publication Proposal was presented and
ratified at the Engineering Group Forum on 24th November 2011, where it received extremely positive
support from the wider Geography, Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering communities.
Working Party Draft1 Terms of Reference
1.
These Terms of Reference are as agreed by the Periglacial and Glacial Engineering Geology Working
Party (PGEGWP).
2.
The PGEGWP has been established by the Engineering Group of the Geological Society and comprises
officers and specialist participating members who will act as chapter authors or co-authors. The participating
members may be assisted by any number of corresponding members.
3.
The PGEGWP will produce a report, in book format, to complement the earlier report on Tropical
Residual Soils produced by an earlier Working Party of the Engineering Group, first published in 1990 and
republished in book format in 1997. A similar format was adopted by the Hot Deserts Working Party, which is due
to publish their final report in 2011. It is intended that the report will be a comprehensive, state-of-the-art review
on the ground conditions associated with relict Quaternary2 periglacial and glacial environments and their
materials, from an engineering geological viewpoint. There necessarily will be appropriate coverage of the
processes and environments that formed these relict materials.
4.
It is not intended to define the geographic extent of relict periglacial and glacial environments around the
world, but to concentrate on ground models that would be applicable to support the engineering geological
practitioner.
5.
The aim of the PGEGWP is to produce a report that will act as an essential reference handbook for
professionals as well as a valuable textbook for students and others. The style will be concise and digestible by the
non-specialist, yet be authoritative, up-to-date and extensively supported by data and collations of technical
information. The use of jargon will be minimised and necessary specialist terms will be defined in an extensive
glossary. There will be copious illustrations, many of which will be original, and many good quality photographs.
6.
The content of the report will embrace a full range of topics, from the latest research findings to practical
applications of existing information. There will be an endeavour to identify likely directions of future research and
to predict future development. The report will be based on world-wide experience in periglacial and glacial terrain
and will draw upon the experience of its members and publications on periglacial and glacial conditions.
7.
The Working Party members will be collectively responsible for the whole report. Although each
participating member will be the named author or co-author of one or more chapters, all members will be expected
to review and contribute to the chapters drafted by other members and would be acknowledged as such. Individual
book chapters will be included in the Thomson Book Citation Index.
8.
It is intended that the report will be completed within three years.
1 To be formulated into the final Terms of Reference during the first and/or second meeting of the Working Party
(this is to be considered a working draft)
2 Nomenclature subject to review over the duration of the Working Party.
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Publication Draft Table of Contents and Lead Authors
The following table provides a draft Table of Contents and proposed lead authors. This was developed by
the Steering Group, but is subject to review and development by the Working Party.
WP members & acknowledgements.
Contents.
Forward.
Preface
1.
INTRODUCTION (Chris Martin)
2.
QUATERNARY SETTING (Sven Lukas)
2.1. Event framework
2.2. Stratigraphic framework
2.3. Geographic framework
3.
GEOMORPHOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK (Dave Giles)
4.
GLACIAL CONCEPTUAL GROUND MODEL (Dave Evans)
4.1. Ice-related terrains: sub-glacial, supra-glacial & glaciated valley
4.1.1. Processes, Landforms & Deposits
4.1.2. Ground Model
4.1.3. Geohazards checklist and engineering significance
4.2. Water-related terrains: glaciofluvial, glaciolacustrine & glaciomarine
4.2.1. Processes, Landforms & Deposits
4.2.2. Ground Model
4.2.3. Geohazards checklist and engineering significance
4.3. Ice-front-related terrains: glaciotectonic & ice marginal.
4.3.1. Processes, Landforms & Deposits
4.3.2. Ground Model
4.3.3. Geohazards checklist and engineering significance
5.
PERIGLACIAL CONCEPTUAL GROUND MODEL (Julian Murton TBC)
5.1. Upland regions.
5.1.1. Processes, Landforms & Deposits
5.1.2. Ground Model
5.1.3. Geohazards checklist and engineering significance
5.2. Lowland regions.
5.2.1. Processes, Landforms & Deposits
5.2.2. Ground Model
5.2.3. Geohazards checklist and engineering significance
6.
GEOHAZARDS & PROBLEMATIC GROUND CONDITIONS (Laurence Donnelly TBC)
6.1. Hazards related to particular soil types or associations of soil types
6.2. Ice-related terrains: sub-glacial, supra-glacial & glaciated valley
6.3. Water-related terrains: glaciofluvial, glaciolacustrine & glaciomarine
6.4. Ice-front-related terrains: glaciotectonic & ice marginal
6.5. Upland region periglacial terrains
6.6. Lowland region periglacial terrains
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7.
ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION & ASSESSMENT (TBC)
7.1. Soil & rock description & characteristics.
7.2. Desk study, remote sensing, walk-over/field evaluation & eng geol mapping.
7.3. Ground investigation, testing & interpretation.
7.3.1. Drilling, trial pitting & trenching.
7.3.2. Sampling equipment & quality.
7.3.3. In-situ testing – SPT, CPT, plate bearing, pressuremeter, permeability.
7.3.4. Geophysics.
7.3.5. Lab. testing.
7.4. Hydrogeological investigation.
7.4.1. Aquifers, recharge, abstraction, hydrochemistry, superficial cover.
8.
ENGINEERING BEHAVIOUR & PROPERTIES (Martin Culshaw)
8.1. Engineering behaviour of rock and soil materials.
8.1.1. Deformed/shattered bedrock, frost heave and thaw settlement deposits, ice-rich soil/rocks, till,
sand & gravel, laminated silts & clays, quick clay, loess & brickearth, solifluction deposits, ice rafts,
boulder fields, patterned ground, peat.
8.1.2. Example for tills – engineering classification, PSD, Atterbergs, moisture content, liquidity, postdepositional modification, shear strength, influence of discontinuities, compressibility, in-situ stress.
9.
DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION CONSIDERATIONS (Mike Winter)
9.1. Foundations.
9.1.1. Common problems, bearing capacity & settlement, rockhead, shallow foundations, piles, wind
farms.
9.2. Slopes and slope stability
9.2.1. Cut
9.2.2. Natural slopes
9.3. Earthworks
9.4. Aggregates and other materials (e.g. brickearth, glass sands, Fuller’s earth?, boulderfields as armourstone)
9.5. Retaining walls
9.5.1. Depending on detail this may end up under either foundations or earthworks or drop-out
completely.
9.6. Dams and reservoirs
9.6.1. Common problems, valley profiles, rockhead, rock conditions, groundwater, construction
materials, buried valleys, superficial deposits.
9.6.2. Inevitably some overlap with earthworks, foundations and slopes so we may need to refer back
and deal only with issues that reflect the unique issues surrounding dams (i.e. the need to impound
water) here.
9.7. Tunnels and underground structures
9.7.1. Common problems, water, variability of ground conditions.
9.7.2. Specific features – sand lenses, etc.
9.8. Issues related to linear infrastructure
9.8.1. Roads (highway vs wind farm/forestry access).
9.8.2. Railways.
9.8.3. Pipelines and buried cables.
9.8.4. Transmission lines.
9.9. Offshore
References and Bibliography.
Appendices.
Glossary.
Index.
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Working Party Members
The following have agreed to act as Officers of the Working Party:
Editor:
Chair:
Secretary:
Professor James Griffiths (jim.griffiths@plymouth.ac.uk)
Chris Martin (christopher.martin@uk.bp.com)
Anna Morley (anna.morley@arup.com)
The Officers will have the following roles and responsibilities:
Editor:
Arrange for the external review process in line with the Geological Society
Publishing House (GSPH) standard requirements, including chasing reviewers
and authors as needed; liaise with GSPH over production issues; act as second
reviewer on all papers/chapter to ensure consistency in presentation and quality
of maps, figures, etc; support Chair as appropriate in liaising with the Geological
Society; support Chair in maintaining the programme schedule.
Chair:
Lead the Working Party and with overall responsibility for the scientific quality
of the Working Party output; Chair the meetings; liaise with the Engineering
Group, the Geological Society and Publishing House; maintain the programme
schedule; oversee Working Party budget; chase up chapter authors and reviewers
where necessary.
Secretary:
Organise and minute meetings; support the Chair with all correspondence;
maintain Working Party and corresponding members contact details; keep record
of the various internal drafts of the chapters before they go out to external
review; assist with external liaisons (EGGS, GS, GSPH); manage Working Party
budget and expenses; maintain the live ‘on-going’ items for action list; advice
Chair on items requiring action; keep register of copyrights and required
acknowledgements.
The Working Party will also comprise the nine lead authors, i.e. twelve members in total. Co-authors may
be invited to attend a small number of relevant meetings, but numbers will be minimised as far as is
practicable.
Working Party Cost and Programme
It is intended that the report will be completed in three years, as follows:
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Year 1 - Establish Working Party; ratify Terms of Reference and Table of Contents; confirm lead
authors and co-authors; agree page limits; complete first draft of report by end of Year 1.
Year 2 - Internal review and revision of draft report.
Year 3 - External review, leading to final draft.
The majority of the report drafting will be completed by individuals in their own time, and their personal
and company contribution is duly acknowledged. However, funding is sought for Working Party
members to attend a small number of meetings required to ensure overall progress and technical
alignment across the Working Party.
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Working Party members have been selected as recognised experts in the field from academia and
industry, however their dispersed nature will necessitate travel from across the UK resulting in relatively
high meeting costs. Indicative travel costs are £900 per meeting.
The following budget is requested:
 Year 1: 4 meetings x £900 each = £3,600
 Year 2: 2 meetings x £900 each = £1,800
 Year 3: 2 meetings x £900 each = £1,800
 TOTAL
= £7,200
It is currently envisaged that meetings will be held at Burlington House in London, however alternative
locations may be sought in order to minimise travel costs. Measures will be taken to minimise travel costs
wherever practicable, for example early booking of rail fares, tele/video conferencing, etc.
Publication Format
The publication format will be as required by the GSPH for an Engineering Geology Special Publication,
including preparation of individual chapters to be available electronically through the Lyell Collection.
Word limits for individual chapters will be agreed with chapter authors and the GSPH during the first
and/or second meeting of the Working Party. Figures will be formatted to meet GSPH standards.
It is the intention that much of the photographs and graphics will be printed in colour, however this will
need to be reviewed during development of the publication, including budgetary consideration. External
funding may be sought to assist with colour printing.
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