Geological Ground Model for Planning and Development of Greater Manchester
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Geological ground model for planning and development of Greater Manchester Urban Geoscience Programme Open Report OR/20/033 BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY URBAN GEOSCIENCES OPEN REPORT OR/20/033 Geological ground model for planning and development for Greater Manchester Raushan Arnhardt, Helen Burke Contributor/editor S Bricker, V Banks, D Entwisle The National Grid and other Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright and database rights 2019. Ordnance Survey Licence No. 100021290 EUL. Keywords Greater Manchester, geology, planning, engineering geology Front cover Bedrock outcrop at Hardy Wood, Tameside district [392789,393736], BGS © NERC Bibliographical reference ARNHARDT, R, BURKE, H. Geological ground model for planning and development for Greater Manchester. British Geological Survey Internal Report, OR/20/033. 66pp. © UKRI 2019. 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Manchester was selected for this study because the city has a long history of industrialisation and is currently being re-developed, including the installation of major infrastructure schemes. Contents Foreword ......................................................................................................................................... i Contents ........................................................................................................................................... i 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 5 2 Topography ............................................................................................................................. 7 3 Data and information ............................................................................................................. 8 4 Geological background .......................................................................................................... 8 4.1 Artificial ground ............................................................................................................. 9 4.2 Superficial deposits....................................................................................................... 11 4.3 Superficial deposit thickness ........................................................................................ 16 4.4 Buried valleys ............................................................................................................... 16 4.5 Bedrock geology ........................................................................................................... 17 4.6 Geological structure ...................................................................................................... 24 5 Mineral resources ................................................................................................................. 25 5.1 Coal ............................................................................................................................... 25 5.2 Associated activities to Coal mine: Fireclay ............................................................... 26 5.3 Building stone and crushed rock aggregate .................................................................. 27 5.4 Clay ............................................................................................................................... 29 5.5 Sand and gravel ............................................................................................................ 29 5.6 Peat ............................................................................................................................... 30 5.7 Summary of mineral resources ..................................................................................... 31 6 Engineering parameters ...................................................................................................... 32 6.1 Engineering parameters of soils ................................................................................... 32 6.2 Engineering parameters of rocks .................................................................................. 44 7 Engineering ground conditions ........................................................................................... 46 7.1 Engineering description of soils ................................................................................... 49 7.2 Engineering description of rocks .................................................................................. 50 8 Slope stability ........................................................................................................................ 51 9 Water resources .................................................................................................................... 52 i 9.1 Surface water ................................................................................................................ 52 9.2 Groundwater ................................................................................................................. 52 9.3 Hydrogeological properties of the superficial deposits ................................................ 54 9.4 Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) .......................................................................... 55 9.5 Groundwater flooding................................................................................................... 56 10 Summary ............................................................................................................................ 57 References .................................................................................................................................... 61 FIGURES Figure 1 The Greater Manchester Combined Authority area .......................................................... 5 Figure 2 History of development of Manchester (Greater Manchester Framework 2017, 2019, Bridge et al, 2010) .................................................................................................................... 6 Figure 3 Map of planned infrastructure projects in Greater Manchester (Manchester City Council, 2017) .......................................................................................................................... 7 Figure 4 Next Map shaded relief showing the topography. Greater Manchester Combined Authority area and boroughs outlined in white. NEXTMap Britain elevation data from Intermap Technologies. ............................................................................................................ 8 Figure 5 Distribution of artificial ground in the area of the 1:50 000 scale BGS Geology artificial ground theme. Inset map shows extensive made ground at Trafford Park and worked ground associated with the Manchester Ship Canal and docks at Salford Quays ....... 9 Figure 6 Distribution of artificial ground information gathered for the Manchester 3D geological model, showing more extensive made ground than the geological maps. Contains Ordnance Data © Crown Copyright and database rights [2020]. Ordnance Survey Licence no. 100021290’ ............................................................................................................................. 11 Figure 7 BGS Geology 1:50 000 scale superficial geology map ................................................