Ground freezing and sampling of foundation soils at Duncan dam

• Main Authors: Sego, D. C., Sasitharan, S., Kilpatrick, B. I., Robertson, P. K., Pillai, V. S.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: 1994
• Subjects: Undisturbed sampling; Ground freezing; Cohesionless soils; British Columbia; Canada; Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory; permafrost
• Online Access: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/a0032c95-39c0-417e-8018-a44268a01b18; https://doi.org/10.7939/R32N4ZM06

Abstract: In situ ground freezing to obtain undisturbed samples of a loose sand beneath the Duncan Dam in British Columbia is described. This was the first known use of ground freezing to assist in obtaining samples at depth greater than 10 m in Canada. Once frozen, the sand was cored and brought to...