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Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology; 1985; v. 18; issue.3; p. 253-260;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.QJEG.1985.018.03.06
© 1985 Geological Society of London

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Engineering geology related to quarrying at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

M. S. Rosenbaum

Geology Department, Imperial College, , Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP

The engineering geological characteristics affecting quarrying in the area around Stanley in the Falkland Islands are described. The hardness of the highly cemented sandstone bedrock, the overburden lithologies of clay, sand and peat, and the relatively high water table are shown to be major controlling factors in the excavation of rock aggregate.