Catalog Record
Report from S&T Project 21201: Durability of Concrete Containing Natural Pozzolans
Reclamation has used natural pozzolans for large dams in the past. Trends in the market made fly ash a more preferable choice as a supplementary cementitious materials for decades. As the future supply of fly ash becomes less predictable, concrete producers are more interested in other pozzolans including natural pozzolans. This report summarized Reclamation’s history with using natural pozzolans and proposes sites to extract cores to assess the long-term durability of concrete made with calcined shales.
Generation Effort
S&T Project 21201: Durability of Concrete Containing Natural Pozzolans
Location
Western US
Themes
Infrastructure and Assets
Reclamation Project
Reclamation Program
Science and Technology Program
Location Information
Location Name
Western US
Location Description
The 17 western states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona..
Location Parent
State(s)
Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Unified Region(s)
Missouri Basin, Arkansas-Rio Grande-Texas-Gulf, Upper Colorado Basin, Lower Colorado Basin, Columbia-Pacific Northwest, California-Great Basin
Timezone
MT
Elevation
[ N/A ]
Vertical Datum
NAVD88
Coordinates (lat, long)
See
Location Details
Horizontal Datum
WGS84

