IS THE CONE PENETRATION TEST (CPT) USEFUL FOR ARCTIC SITE INVESTIGATION?

A warming Arctic provides increased opportunity for infras-tructure development. Although the cone penetration test is used globally for site investigation in unfrozen soils, this discussion paper investigates the use of cone penetration testing to provide in situ data in frozen geomaterials. Histor...

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Main Authors: Adrian B. Mccallum, Andy Barwise, Roi S. Santos, Gardline Geosciences Limited
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Antarctic
Arctic
Antarc*
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.656.8914
http://proceedings.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/pdfaccess.ashx?PDFSource%3D13%26ResourceID%3D7623047
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Summary:A warming Arctic provides increased opportunity for infras-tructure development. Although the cone penetration test is used globally for site investigation in unfrozen soils, this discussion paper investigates the use of cone penetration testing to provide in situ data in frozen geomaterials. Historical and contemporary use of cone penetration testing in permafrost, snow, terrestrial ice and sea ice is reviewed, and work conducted across alpine, Arctic and Antarctic environs is considered. Although frozen ge-omaterials offer challenges to any in situ media assessment, with suitable equipment, cone penetration testing in frozen geomate-rials typical of the Arctic is possible.

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