ABSTRACT

A compilation of papers describing the geology, engineering properties and the hazards and design issues associated with the substrata of Melbourne and its surrounds. It includes the area from Geelong to Bacchus Marsch to the Dandenongs and Mornington Peninsula.

part 1|25 pages

Geological setting of Melbourne

part |36 pages

Geological hazards and problems for engineering

chapter 5|3 pages

Compressible soils

chapter 6|5 pages

Reactive soils

chapter 7|4 pages

Slope stability

chapter 9|7 pages

Groundwater and corrosivity

part |218 pages

Geological units

chapter 11|6 pages

Ordovician

chapter 13|19 pages

Silurian and Lower Devonian

chapter 16|9 pages

The Mount Dandenong Volcanics

chapter 17|6 pages

Granitic rocks

chapter 18|3 pages

Permian

chapter 19|7 pages

Werribee Formation – Geology

chapter 21|4 pages

Older Volcanics – Geology

chapter 22|18 pages

Older Volcanics

chapter 23|9 pages

The Fyansford Formation

chapter 25|6 pages

Brighton Group – Geology

chapter 27|8 pages

The Newer Volcanics

chapter 29|21 pages

Geology of the Yarra Delta

part |66 pages

Special engineering issues

chapter 39|24 pages

Tunnels

chapter 41|10 pages

Soil and rock anchors

chapter 42|14 pages

Basement construction

chapter 43|6 pages

Roads & subgrades