UNE-EN ISO 14689:2019

This part of ISO 14689 relates to the identification and description of rock material and mass on thebasis of mineralogical composition, genetic aspects, structure, grain size, discontinuities and otherparameters. It also provides rules for the description of other characteristics as well as for theirdesignation.This part of ISO 14689 applies to the description of rock for geotechnics and engineering geology in civilengineering. The description is carried out on cores and other samples of natural rock and on rock masses.Rock mass classification systems using one or more descriptive parameters to suggest likely rock massbehaviour are beyond the scope of this part of ISO 14689 (see Bibliography).Identification and classification of soil for engineering purposes are covered in ISO 14688-1 andISO 14688-2. Identification and description of materials intermediate between soil and rock are carriedout using the procedures in ISO 14688-1, ISO 14688-2 and ISO 14689-1 as appropriate.A text giving guidance on the description and classification of rocks is given in Norbury (2015).