Lean Quarry Landfill Site: Difference between revisions
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==Geology== | ==Geology== | ||
The quarry is excavated into Devonian and Carboniferous deposits comprising basalt pillow lavas extruded on to slate and siltstone country rocks. These are defined by the Environment Agency as a Secondary Aquifer, although due to the lithology, locally they are not water-bearing to any significant degree. | The quarry is excavated into Devonian and Carboniferous deposits comprising basalt pillow lavas extruded on to slate and siltstone country rocks. The basaltic rocks are known as dolerite locally, although this is incorrect nomenclature. These are defined by the Environment Agency as a Secondary Aquifer, although due to the lithology, locally they are not water-bearing to any significant degree. | ||
==Engineering and Environmental Controls== | ==Engineering and Environmental Controls== | ||