GEOTECHNICAL MAPPING FORM

OUTCROP'S SKETCH COARSE GRAINED SOIL FINE GRAINED SOIL

Location Date 1. SOIL NAME 1. SOIL NAME
STA Survey by a. Major Fraction : Sand / Gravel a. Major Fraction : Silt / Clay
Strike/Dip Azimuth b. Minor Fraction : b. Minor Fraction :

2. VISUAL CHARACTERISTIC 2. VISUAL CHARACTERISTIC

a. Colour : a. Colour :
b. Soil Structure : b. Soil Structure :

3. SOIL MASS QUALIFICATION 3. SOIL MASS QUALIFICATION

a. Strength (Qulitative)
b. Penetrometer Test
c. Moisture
d. Grading
e. Particle Shape
f. Scale of Weathering
g. Thickness
: Loosely Packed / Tightly Packed a. Strength (Qulitative) : V. Soft / Soft / Firm / Stiff / V. Stiff
: Kg/cm2 Hard
: Dry / Moist / Wet / Saturated b. Penetrometer Test :
: Well Graded / Poorly Graded c. Moisture : Dry / MoistKg/cm2
/ Wet / Saturated
: d. Plasticity : High / Low
: UW / SW / MW / HG / CW / RS f. Scale of Weathering : UW / SW / MW / HG / CW / RS
: g. Thickness

4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 4. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

a. Geological Information : a. Geological Information :
b. USCS Classification : CH / CL / MH / ML / SW / SP / GW / GP b. USCS Classification : CH / CL / MH / ML / SW / SP / GW / GP
c. Max. Particle Size : Cm c. Max. Particle Size : Cm

No. PARAMETER RANGE OF VALUES

Point Load Strength For this low range
STRENGTH OF > 10 Mpa 4 - 10 Mpa 2 - 4 Mpa 1 - 2 Mpa
Index UCS test is preferred
INTACT ROCK
1 5 - 25
MATERIAL UCS > 250 Mpa 100 - 250 Mpa 50 - 100 Mpa 25 - 50 Mpa 1 - 5 Mpa
Flysc Type GSI σ ci (Mpa) mi Ei (Gpa) σ cm (Mpa) Em (Gpa) Mpa

surfaces with compact coatings or fillings with

very rough, fresh, unweathered surfaces

weathered surfaces with clay coating or

I 65 40 17 10 12 7 RATING 15 12 7 4 2 1
SURFACE CONDITION & DICONTINUITIES

rough, slightly weathered or oxylized

smooth, moderately weathered and

ROCK QUALITY DESIGNATION (RQD) 90% - 100% 75% - 90% 50% - 75% 25% - 50% < 25%

very smooth, slickensided or highly

II 60 15 7 3 3 1.5

very smooth, occasionally slickensided

2
III 55 40 17 9 10 3.5 RATING 20 17 13 8 3
(Predominantly bedding planes)

IV 50 23 10 5.5 4 1.5 SPACING OF DISCONTINUITIES >2m 0.6 m - 2 m 200 mm- 600 mm 60 mm - 200 mm < 60 mm
3
V 45 18 8 4 2 0.9 RATING 20 15 10 8 5
VI 40 15 7 3 1 0.5 CONDITION OF DISCONTINUITIES Very rough surfaces Slightly rough Slightly rough Slickensided Soft gouge > 5mm
4 RMRb
VII 35 23 10 5.5 2 0.6 RATING 30 25 20 10 0

angular fragments
altered surfaces

VIII 25 18 8 4 1 0.25 Inflow per 10 m

VERY GOOD

VERY POOR
IX 30 22 9.5 5.2 2 0.4 Tunnel Lenghth None < 10 10 - 25 25 - 125 > 125
surfaces
GOOD

fillings
POOR

X 20 15 7 3.3 1 0.15 (l/m)

FAIR

XII 15 < 10 6 2 0 0.08 (Joint Water

STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION DECREASE OF THE QUALITY OF DICONTINUITIES GROUND WATER Press)/Major 0 < 0.1 0.1 - 0.2 0.2 - 0.5 > 0.5
5
TYPE I. Undisturbed, with thick to medium thickness TYPE II. Undisturbed, massive siltstone 80 Principal σ
sandstone beds with sporadic thin films of siltstone. In (stratification planes are imperceptible) with sporadic
shallow tunnels or slopes where confinement is poor the
mode of the failure has a kinematic character controlled
thin interlayers of sandstone
70
I II N/A N/A
General Condition Completely Dry Damp Wet Dripping Flowing
by the bedding planes and GSI is meaningless
TYPE III. TYPE IV. Moderately TYPE V.
Moderately TYPE VI. RATING 15 10 7 4 0
disturbed
disturbed rockmass Moderately Moderately 60
with sandstone and disturbed VALUES TYPE OF FAILURE VERY FAVOURABLE FAVOURABLE NORMAL UNFAVOURABLE V. UNFAVOURABLE
sandstone with
thin films of
siltstone similiar siltstone with
disturbed
siltstone with III IV V VI N/A
PLANAR l αJ - αs l
amounts sandstone 50
interlayers of
siltstone
interlayers
sparse sandstone
interlayers
F1
TOPPLING l αJ - αs - 180 l > 30o 20o - 30o 10o - 20o 5o - 10o < 5o

40
RATING 0.15 0.40 0.70 0.85 1.00
TYPE VII. Strongly disturbed, folded rockmass that TYPE VIII. Strongly disturbed, folded rockmass,
PLANAR βj
retains its structure, with sandstone and siltstone in
similiar extend
with siltstone and sandstone interlayers. The
structure is retained and deformation - shearing N/A VII VIII F2
TOPPLING - < 20o 20o - 30o 30o - 35o 35o - 45o > 45o
is not strong
30 6 PLANAR RATING 0.15 0.40 0.70 0.85 1.00
TYPE IX. Desintegrated rockmass that can be TYPE IX. Tectonically deformed intensively TOPPLING RATING 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
found in wide zones of fault or/and of high folded/faulted siltstone or clay shale with broken o o o o o o o
PLANAR βj - βs > 10 0 - 10 0 0 - (-10 ) < (-10 )
weathering. In this type mainly brittle material is and deformed sandstone layers forming an
N/A IX 20 X F3
< 110o 110o - 120o > 120o
present with some disturbed siltstones between almost chaotic structure
rock pieces
TOPPLING βj + βs - -
RATING 0 -6 -25 -50 -60
TYPE IX. Tectonically strongly sheared siltstone or F4 (METHODS OF EXCAVATION) NATURAL SLOPE PRESPLITTING SMOOTH BLASTING REGULAR BLASTING DEFICIENT BLASTING
clayey shale forming a chaotic structure with 10
pockets of clay. Thin layers of sandstone are RATING 15 10 8 0 -8
transformed into small rock pieces. Ultimately the
ground behavior is that of a soil
N/A N/A XI SLOPE MASS RATING (SMR) SMR CLASSES
= RMRb + ( F1 x F2 x F3 ) + F4 SMR 0 - 20 21 - 40 41 - 60 61 - 80 81 -100
ENGINEER'S DESCRIPTION NUMBER OF JOIN SETS CLASS V IV III II I
Join Set n Strike Dip Dip Dir. Number Spacing Condition DESCRIPTION V. BAD BAD NORMAL STABLE V. STABLE

Join Set 1 V. PARTIALLY

= _____ + (_____ x _____ x _____) + _____ STABILITY UNSTABLE
UNSTABLE
STABLE
STABLE V. STABLE

Join Set 2
SOME
BIG PLANAR/
JOINTS/ SOME
Join Set 3 FAILURES PLANAR / BIG NONE
MANY BLOCKS
= _____ SOIL-LIKE WEDGES
WEDGES
Join Set 4
FAILURES PROBABILITY 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.2 0