ENGINEERING GEOLOGY PROPERTIES OF 'KONJSKO' TUNNEL

Investigation works for the design of the Konjsko Tunnel with two pipes, part of the Split-Zagreb Motorway, provided relevant data on rock mass and soil properties for construction of the prognose engineering-geological longitudinal sections. West tunnel portals are situated in tectonically deformed...

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Main Authors: Ivan Grabovac, Duško Barčot, Slobodan Šestanović, Antonia Dečman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering 2004-12-01
Series:Rudarsko-geološko-naftni Zbornik
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Online Access:http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=20472&lang=en
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Summary:Investigation works for the design of the Konjsko Tunnel with two pipes, part of the Split-Zagreb Motorway, provided relevant data on rock mass and soil properties for construction of the prognose engineering-geological longitudinal sections. West tunnel portals are situated in tectonically deformed and partly dynamically metamorphosed Eocene flysch marls, while east ones are located in Senonian limestones. There is an overthrust contact between flysch marls and limestones. With the beginning of the excavations, rock mass characteristics were regularly registered after each blasting and actual longitudinal engineering-geological cross-sections were constructed as well as cross-sections of the excavation face. There were some differences between prognosticated and registered sections since it was infeasible to accurately determine the dip of the overthrust plane that was at shallow depth below the tunnel grade line and also due to the occurrence of transversal faults that intersected the overthrust. Data collected before and during the tunnel construction complemented the knowledge on geological structure of the surroundings and physical-mechanical characteristics of strata (the paper is published in Croatian).
ISSN:0353-4529
1849-0409