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Investigation of heave in billings shale by mineralogical and biogeochemical methods

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Subjectshale; heave; weathering; bacteria
Abstract
A building founded on Billings Shale has suffered nearly 4 in. (10 cm) of heave to its basement floor slab. The heaved zone was thought to be associated with a fault zone in the shale, near which the rock was fractured and contained extensive pyrite intrusions. Investigations have shown the heave to be due to the weathering of the pyrite in the presence of autotrophic bacteria. Factors creating a favorable environment for this complex weathering process are discussed.
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  • Canadian Geotechnical Journal 7, no. 3 (August 1970): 333–338.
LanguageEnglish
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IdentifierDBR-RP-440
NRC numberNRCC 11437
NRC-IRC-2566
NPARC number20374514
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