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Special purpose mapping for waste disposal sites

Report of IAEG Commission 1: Engineering Geological Maps

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This report results from work that was first proposed to a meeting of the International Association of Engineering Geology (IAEG), Commission No.1 held in Bratislava (Slovakia) in 1992. Following the publication of the Commission’s report on Engineering Geological Maps (Engineering geological maps (1976) and reports on the description and classification of rock and soil and on recommended symbols for engineering geological mapping (Bull. Int. Assoc. Eng. Geol. 24 (1981) 235; see also 227), a period of consolidation ensued in which the approaches suggested in those reports were implemented. The decision to prepare an additional report reflected the increasing need to apply these approaches to a range of specific activities. The background to the report was provided in a paper by two of the authors presented at the IAEG conference in Athens in 1997 (Proc Int. Symp. Int. Assoc. Eng. Geol. Environ. 2 (1997) 2103).

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Ce rapport est dans la continuité du travail initié à Bratislava en 1992 et réalisé par la Commission No.1 de l’Association Internationale de Géologie de l’Ingénieur (AIGI). Suite à la publication d’un rapport de la Commission sur les Cartes de Géologie de l’Ingénieur (1976) et de rapports sur des recommandations relatives aux descriptions et classifications des roches et des sols et aux symboles à utiliser dans les Cartes de Géologie de l’Ingénieur (1981), une période de consolidation s’en est suivie, les approches suggérées dans ces rapports étant appliquées. La décision de préparer aujourd’hui un rapport supplémentaire reflète le besoin croissant d’appliquer ces approches à une gamme de domaines spécifiques. La base de ce rapport a été fournie par un article de deux des co-auteurs présenté à la conférence AIGI d’Athènes en 1997.

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Acknowledgments

The authors and editors acknowledge the long-term support of their employers (Joanneum Research, Graz, Comenius University, Bratislava, the Nottingham Trent University, the British Geological Survey and the British Government’s Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) for the preparation of this report. The comments and support of the following active members of Commission No. 1 of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment are also particularly appreciated: J. Aguilar (Spain), J. Chacon (Spain), J. Hanisch (Germany), N. Rengers (Netherlands), N.J. Bejerman (Argentina), J. Gartner (Canada), M. Langer (Germany) and J.P. Venter (South Africa). Figures 1 and 2 are published with the permission of the Politecnico di Torino, Italy, Figs. 3–5 with the permission of the United States Geological Survey, Figs. 6–11 with the permission of the Department of Mineral Resources, Bangkok, Thailand, Fig. 12 with the permission of the Mines and Minerals Division of the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines, Ontario, Canada, Figs. 13–16 with the permission of Illinois State Geological Survey, Champaign, Illinois, United States of America, Figs. 17–19 with the permission of A A Balkema Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Figs. 20–23 with the permission of the United States Geological Survey, Figs. 24–31 with the permission of the Directorate of Geological and Mining Area Environment, Bandung, Indonesia, Fig. 32 with the permission of Joanneum Research, Graz, Austria and Figs. 33–50 with the permission of the Division of Geology and Natural Resources, Ministry of the Environment, Slovakia.

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  1. Joanneum Research, Institut für Umweltgeologie und Ökosystemforschung, Elisabethstraße 16/1, 8010, Graz, Austria

    Herwig Proske

  2. Inzinierskej Geologie, Univerzita Komenskeho Bratislava, Katedra, Mlynska Dolina, 842 15, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Ján Vlcko

  3. School of Property and Construction, The Nottingham Trent University, Newton Building, Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BU, UK

    Mike S. Rosenbaum

  4. Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Bodenforschung, Stilleweg 2, 30657, Hannover, Germany

    Matthias Dorn

  5. British Geological Survey, Kingsley Dunham Centre, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG, UK

    Martin Culshaw

  6. Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Minerals and Waste Planning Division, Zone 4/A2, Eland House Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5DU, UK

    Brian Marker

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Proske, H., Vlcko, J., Rosenbaum, M.S. et al. Special purpose mapping for waste disposal sites. Bull Eng Geol Environ 64, 1–54 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-004-0261-6

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