• There are no items in your cart
We noticed you’re not on the correct regional site. Switch to our AMERICAS site for the best experience.
Dismiss alert

SN EN ISO 14689-1 : 2004

Current
Current

The latest, up-to-date edition.

GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATION AND TESTING - IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF ROCK - PART 1: IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION
Published date

12-01-2013

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Identification and description of rock
  4.1 Rock identification
  4.2 Description of rock material
      4.2.1 Colour
      4.2.2 Grain size
      4.2.3 Matrix
      4.2.4 Weathering and alteration effects
      4.2.5 Carbonate content
      4.2.6 Stability of rock material
      4.2.7 Unconfined compressive strength
  4.3 Rock mass
      4.3.1 General
      4.3.2 Structure
      4.3.3 Discontinuities
      4.3.4 Weathering of the rock mass
      4.3.5 Rock mass permeability
5 Report
Annex A (informative) Aid to identification of rock types on
        the basis of geological features for engineering purposes

Pertains the description of rock for geotechnics and engineering geology in civil engineering. The description is carried out on cores and other samples of natural rock and on rock masses.

DocumentType
Standard
PublisherName
Swiss Standards
Status
Current

View more information
Sorry this product is not available in your region.

Access your standards online with a subscription

Features

  • Simple online access to standards, technical information and regulations.

  • Critical updates of standards and customisable alerts and notifications.

  • Multi-user online standards collection: secure, flexible and cost effective.