Soil Water Piezometry In A Southeast Alaska Landslide Area Classic Reprint

Download or read book Soil-Water Piezometry in a Southeast Alaska Landslide Area (Classic Reprint) written by Douglas N. Swanston and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Soil-Water Piezometry in a Southeast Alaska Landslide Area The glacial till soils are in the Karta series. They are well drained, permeable soils with textures ranging from gravelly to silty loam. A representative Karta soil profile from the study area is described in table 1. A thick organic A horizon is underlain by a yellow - brown iron stained horizon. Compact, unweathered till lies below the iron-stained horizon. Maximum thickness of the soil on these Slopes is 3 feet. Mass movements begin in the iron stained horizon and slide along the unweathered till surface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.