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ASTM Selected Technical Papers
Testing of Peats and Organic Soils
By
PM Jarrett
PM Jarrett
1
Royal Military College of Canada
,
Kingston, Ontario
;
symposium chairman and editor
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ISBN-10:
0-8031-0254-2
ISBN:
978-0-8031-0254-5
No. of Pages:
249
Publisher:
ASTM International
Publication date:
1983

Two samples developed at the University of New Brunswick for sampling of peat are described. One is a 100-mm-diameter piston sampler with a Plexiglas insert sample holder and the other is a 250-mm-square block sampler. The samplers have been extensively tested and used in Sphagnum and sedge peat and have also been used successfully in soft-to-almost-fluid organic diatomaceous soils.

1.
Radforth
,
J. R.
, “
Preliminary Engineering Investigations
,” in
Muskeg Engineering Handbook
,
MacFarlane
I. C.
, Ed.,
University of Toronto Press
,
1969
, Chapter 5, pp. 141-149.
2.
Hillis
,
S. F.
and
Brawner
,
C. O.
, “
The Compressibility of Peat with Reference to Major Highway Construction in British Columbia
,” in
Proceedings
,
7th Muskeg Research Conference, NRC Associate Committee on Soil and Snow Mechanics
,
National Research Council
,
Ottawa, Canada
, Technical Memorandum 71,
1961
, pp. 204-227.
3.
Hardy
,
R. M.
, “
Research on the Shearing Strength of Muskeg and Its Application
,” in
Proceedings
,
10th Muskeg Research Conference
,
NRC Associate Committee on Soil and Snow Mechanics, National Research Council
,
Ottawa, Canada
, Technical Memorandum 85,
1965
, pp. 25-32.
4.
Hollingshead
,
G. W.
and
Raymond
,
G. P.
,
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
 0008-3674, Vol.
8
, No.
1
,
1971
, pp. 23-35.
5.
Helenelund
,
K. V.
,
Lindquist
,
L. O.
, and
Sundman
,
C.
, “
Influence of Sampling Disturbance on the Engineering Properties of Peat Samples
,” in
Proceedings
,
4th International Peat Congress, Finland
, Vol.
II
,
1972
, pp. 229-240.
6.
Korpijaakko
,
M.
and
Radforth
,
N. W.
, “
Studies on the Hydraulic Conductivity of Peat Samples
,” in
Proceedings
,
4th International Peat Congress, Finland
, Vol.
III
,
1972
, pp. 323-334.
7.
Korpijaakko
,
E. O.
and
Woolnough
,
D. F.
, “
Peatland Survey and Inventory in Muskeg and the Northern Environment in Canada
,
Radforth
N. W.
and
Brawner
C. O.
, Eds.,
University of Toronto Press
,
1977
, pp. 63-81.
8.
Landva
,
A. O.
, “
An Experimental Investigation of the Shear Strength of Normally Consolidated Clays
,” Dr. Ing. thesis,
University of Trondheim
, Norway,
1962
.
9.
Landva
,
A. O.
, “
Equipment for Cutting and Mounting Undisturbed Specimens of Clay in Testing Devices
,” Norwegian Technical Institute Publication 56,
Oslo
,
1964
, pp. 1-5.
10.
Landva
,
A. O.
, “
Geotechnical Behaviour and Testing of Peat
,” Ph.D. thesis,
Laval University
, Quebec, Canada,
1980
.
11.
Bjerrum
,
L.
and
Landva
,
A. O.
,
Geotechnique
 0016-8505, Vol.
16
, No.
1
,
1966
, pp. 1-20.
12.
Landva
,
A. O.
and
Pheeney
,
P. E.
,
Canadian Geotechnical Journal
 0008-3674, Vol.
17
, No.
3
,
1980
, pp. 416-435.
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