Some Engineering Problems Of The Panama Canal In Their Relation To Geology And Topography

CONTENTS. 5 Slides—Continued. Page. Slopes to minimize sloughing and deformation....................... 66 Slopes where rocks may slough but where they will not deform by flowagelike movement............................................... 66 Slopes where rock may deform by swelling or flowagelike motion .... 68 Tables of slopes............................................... 68 Bibliography on slides................................................. 70 Heating of local areas of ground in Culebra Cut........................... 71. Engineer’s report on conditions........................................ 71 Geologist’s report..................................................... 72 Heating subsequent to drilling or blasting......................... 72 Pyrite as a cause of heating....................................... 73 Noteworthy example of heating...................................... 73 Earthquake as an element of danger to the canal............................ 74 Cost of construction....................................................... 76 Dry excavation in Atlantic, Central, and Pacific divisions............. 76 Stone from Ancon and Porto Bello quarries.............................. 76 Breakwaters............................................................ 78 Sand................................................................... 79 Masonry................................................................ 80 Excavation and construction............................................ 81 Some significant facts................................................. 81 Publications on methods of mining.......................................... 83 Index...................................................................... 85