What risks are there proposed railway crossing chalk strata

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Assignment:

A new high speed rail line is under design and from published BGS mapping the proposed route is known to cross Chalk strata.

a) What risks are there to the proposed railway crossing Chalk strata?

b) What sequence of ground investigations would you propose to your infrastructure company client to better understand those risks?

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