Engineering-geological conditions of the valley of the river Nemunas and the surrounding areas in Belarus

Abstract

Features of formation and spatial differentiation of engineering-geological conditions are considered, genetic types of soil thickness are allocated: ozerno-glacial, water-glacial, moraine, alluvial, lake and marsh, physical and mechanical properties of soils are Analyzed and the estimation of their use as the bases of engineering constructions is given. Determined that within the river valley of the Neman advisable as natural bases of buildings and constructions to use a loamy, sandy and sandy sediments of different Genesis, as well as glaciolacustrine clay belt, and widespread in the study area swamp deposits use as a natural reason highly undesirable.