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Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology; 1984; v. 17; issue.4; p. 349-350;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.QJEG.1984.017.04.09
© 1984 Geological Society of London

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Tunnelling through warp: an estuarine clay

R. T. Slocombe

Mowlem, Foundation House, , Eastern Road, Bracknell, Berks.

A tunnel was constructed through the soft, silty clay of the estuarine deposits at Grimsby. The 2.6-m tunnel was driven in compressed air at 40-55 kN/m2.