Open AccessTHE GRAVITATIONAL ATTRACTION OF A DEPOSIT OF CLAY
Author(s) -
Cook A. H.
Publication year - 1952
Publication title -
geophysical journal international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0956-540X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1952.tb03012.x
Subject(s) - attraction , consolidation (business) , geology , gravitation , geophysics , geotechnical engineering , classical mechanics , physics , philosophy , linguistics , accounting , business
Summary On the basis of the study of the consolidation of clays made by Skempton (1944) and others, estimates have been made of the gravitational attraction of a deposit of clay. Examples of the behaviour of some typical clays are given and a procedure for correcting gravity anomalies for the attraction of a deposit of clay is suggested.