Thanks for the references, I'll check them out.
The fill was end-dumped 5 yrs ago before this project was even considered so we are out of luck on requiring compaction, but at least some of the initial settlement will have occurred. Fill heights are up to 230 ft in the valleys, so deep ground...
Anyone on the mining end have literature about the settlement of blast rock spoils from mountaintop mining used to fill in some deep valleys?
The fill soils consist of end-dumped gravel, sand, silt and clay from blasted sandstone and shale with lots of cobbles and boulders. No structural loads...
Hi NewCastleEngineer,
Do you have any articles on the self-weight settlement of shale fills? I need to estimate settlement of some deep fills that are basically end-dumped blast rock spoil in the form of cobbles, gravel, sand, silt and clay from weak shale and moderately strong sandstone...
