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The distorted railroad tracks near the center of the image are a result of soil creep. (Source: USGS DDS21); Click image to enlarge ... Soil creep is the slow, down slope movement of soil under the influence of gravity. Frost heave, thermal expansion and contraction of the surface, alternate wetting and drying of the...
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soil creep ( ′söil ′krēp ) ( geology ) The slow, steady downhill movement of soil and loose rock on a slope ... Sci-Tech Dictionary: soil creep...
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Architecture and Construction: soil creep to solea from Answers.com This up-to-date working tool for architects, contractors, conservationists and planners contains clear, concise definitions of terms relating to building materials and services, construction techniques, engineering practices, specification writing, ...
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Leaning wall, Bloomington, IN - This sort of behavior -- leaning of walls backed by thick soil masses -- is characteristic of soil creep. Here the wall on the right of the photo is leaning out rather dangerously, risking collapse.
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Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, Vol. 98, No. 1, January 1972, pp. 143-147; Purchase Information; Permissions for Reuse ... The objective of this study is to develop a field test method which allows an empirical evaluation of a creep yield stress. The method utilizes a field testing instrument...
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Keywords: zero order basin; hollow; colluvium; soil creep; slope failure ... Document Type: Research article ... Links for this article...
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Soil creep rate is measured in situ by lowering a shear testing device into a bore hole and expanding it so that opposing pressure surfaces of the device engage facing surfaces of the bore hole with a ... 1. In a method of in situ measuring soil creep rate comprising the steps: forming a hole in the soil,
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soil creep: Definition and Pronunciation ... soil conservation ... soil group...
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Soil creep is nearly imperceptible to the naked eye as it is the slowest of all types of mass movement. Soil creep generally occurs in the top few meters of the surface and is accomplished by expansion and contraction of the soil.
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