Mapping NYC
Below Ground
Level
George Deodatis
Soil heterogeneity is of course a 3D phenomenon.
Detailed description of soil properties and of their
inherent heterogeneity in 3D is absolutely critical for the
behavior of buried utilities, tunnels and foundations,
The number of available
geotechnical borings in New York City, although large, cannot cover every location.
There are gaps without any borings.
Sophisticated techniques
have been developed to infer soil properties in between
geotechnical borings (accounting for
