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Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology; 1973; v. 6; issue.2; p. 177-181;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.QJEG.1973.006.02.05
© 1973 Geological Society of London

Technical Note

Weathered granite at the Turlough Hill pumped storage scheme, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

PÁdhraig S. Kennan

Geology Department, University College, Dublin, 4

Unsound weathered granite presented engineering problems during construction of the Turlough Hill Pumped Storage Scheme. Some geological properties of the rock are described and a mode of origin outlined. An empirical means of predicting, during reconnaissance investigations, potential occurrences of similar rock to considerable depths is suggested.