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Shale behind Strong won't affect Spencer
The discovery means that special construction will be needed to offset the absence of permanently solid earth.
When construction engineers began digging the foundation for the new $2 million Spencer Research Library, they hit a soft, soddy substance—shale.
By GARY MURRELL.
"Usually engineers lay steel pilings which give added support to a heavy building on soft earth," he said.
This massive shale is known as "the Lawrence shale." It begins in Lawrence near the Sixth street intersection with the Kansas Turnpike entrance and stretches throughout the University grounds to Daisy Hill.
"Most of KU is built on shale." H. A. Ireland, professor of geology, said. "It is dangerous when its moisture saturation point is reached. Then it crumbles."
ALTHOUGH MOST OF the campus is built on shale, no serious complications have arisen, he said.
IRELAND SAID HE has seen
the earth give way on campus near the power station.
But this was in an isolated incident. The chances of this affecting a new structure or an old one are slim," he said.
HE SAID BUILDINGS built into hills on the campus would have a greater chance of sliding than those constructed on a relatively level surface.
One problem facing engineers and geologists is determining the saturation point of shale in a given area.
"Each type of shale has a different saturation point," Ireland said. "And that differs as conditions change in the soil. So, it's almost impossible to determine when such earth will slide."
"There are certain tests for weight compressibility," he said. For example, tests were performed to check the earth around the Campanile tower before it was built."
weight compressibility of the shale.
IRELAND SAID HE has not seen any evidence of sliding there.
Where Allen Field House stands, a type of earth called river terrace alluvium provides even more problems to engineers.
Another factor involved is the
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