9780471599593

Engineering Geology

Format: Paperback

ISBN13: 9780471599593

Paperback|9780471599593


Overview

Using an engineer's perspective, it offers a concrete account of the basic facts and experiences regarding the behavior of different rock types in engineering construction. Details geological exploration techniques, stressing drilling and logging core samples. Features a chapter on active faults in engineering projects including legal arguments about project sites. Illustrative case studies, ranging from the Auburn Dam controversy to international examples of single collapse problems, aid in students' awareness of rock mass propensities and structures.

ISBN-13

9780471599593

ISBN-10

047159959X

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$14.95

Format

Paperback

Pages

432 pages

Publisher

John Wiley & Sons

Published On

1993-02-01



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