Geotechnical investigation and testing. Identification, description and classification of rock

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

03-16-2018

Publisher

British Standards Institution

This document specifies the rules for the identification and description of rock material and mass on the basis of mineralogical composition, genetic aspects, structure, grain size, discontinuities and other parameters. It also provides rules for the description of other characteristics as well as for their designation.

This document applies to the description of rock for geotechnics and engineering geology in civil engineering. The description is carried out on cores and other samples of rock and on exposures of rock masses.

Rock mass classification systems using one or more descriptive parameters to suggest likely rock mass behaviour are beyond the scope of this document (see Bibliography).

NOTE Identification and classification of soil for engineering purposes are covered in ISO14688‑1 and ISO14688‑2. Identification and description of materials intermediate between soil and rock are carried out using the procedures in ISO14688‑1, ISO14688‑2 and this document, as appropriate.

Committee	B/526/3
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes BS EN ISO 14689-1 and 16/30310844 DC. (03/2018)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	30
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Current
Supersedes	BS EN ISO 14689-1:2003