<p>The influence of the natural ~or artificially induced! structure of a geomaterial on its compression behavior is investigated. An approach for modeling this influence for various structured geomaterials is proposed by using the disturbed state concept. ...

The Geological Curators Group, which is affiliated to the Geological Society, was founded in May 1974 by geologists concerned about the poor standard of geological curation and consequent plight of geological collections in many of the museums ...