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Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology; 1987; v. 20; issue.3; p. 251-253;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.QJEG.1987.020.03.07
© 1987 Geological Society of London

Technical note

Pyritic shale heave in the Lower Lias at Barry, Glamorgan

E. J. Wilson

Consulting Engineering Geologist, 8 Brunswick Square, Gloucester GL1 1UG, UK

This brief technical note describes a case history of pyritic shale heave discovered in an old underfloor fill of quarry waste composed of Lower Lias shales, at Barry, Glamorgan.