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Vertical ground movements near elm trees

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SubjectBasements and foundations; marine clay; elm (wood); foundations; epeirogeny; climatic loads
Abstract
Vertical ground movements were investigated near a line of high elm trees growing in Leda clay soil, a marine deposit found extensively in the Ottawa St Lawrence Lowlands. The amplitude of these movements was found to be a function of depth, horizontal distance from trees, and seasonal weather conditions. Based on results obtained for the record dry year of 1955, a chart was prepared which could be used as a guide for the design of foundations near high elm trees in these clays. These ground movements were also related to " soil moisture depletion", a quantity computed from weather records. An analysis of the ground movements over a period ( 1954-57) was made and a method for computing them from weather records is given.
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  • Geotechnique 10, no. 1 (1 June 1960): 19–32.
LanguageEnglish
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IdentifierDBR-RP-99
NRC numberNRCC 5672
NRC-IRC-222
NPARC number20373906
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