Engineering Applications of Soil Surveying and Mapping
Engineering Applications of Soil Surveying and Mapping

Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board

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Published: 1953

Total Pages: 92

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The 6th of a related series sponsored by the Committee on Surveying, Mapping and Classification of Soils. It tabulates useful information on the status of geologic and agricultural mapping in the United States, lists geologists and soil scientists who may be able to assist the engineer in obtaining more precise soil and subsurface information from the interpretation of these special purpose maps, and contains a series of five papers and one discussion on the development and application of soil survey information to the design and construction of highways.

Soil Mapping: Methods and Applications
Soil Mapping: Methods and Applications

Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board

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Published: 1961

Total Pages: 102

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In 1960 the HRB Committee on Surveying, Mapping and Classification of soils decided to determine the present concepts regarding the preparation and use of soil maps by the state highway departments by asking each department to submit a brief statement about its use of soil maps and and the outline of a paper it might present. This is a corss-section of papers by those highway departments.