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CHAPTER   ONE 1.1    INTRODUCTION Residual soils are products of the in-situ physical and chemical weathering of bedrock, and are commonly situated above the groundwater table. They are often unsaturated in nature and possess negative pore-water pressures or matric suctions relative to the atmospheric conditions that contribute to the shear strength of soils (Rahardjo et al., 1995). Residual soils are the soils formed in place by the weathering of the rock at the location, ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   General Introduction Field mapping is an indispensable exercise in geology because geology is a field oriented discipline. It is in this basis that this work was carried out and a report presented on the geology of Ilaka. This field project is an exercise in accordance to the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of bachelor of sciences. Geologic mapping exercise was carried out ...