Engineering Geology Principles and Practice /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Freitas, Michael H. de (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Hydrogeology.; Geotechnical engineering.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Civil engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Civil Engineering.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.

David Price had written the greater part of this book by the time he died; it has been completed by his colleagues as a tribute to the many contributions he made to the subject of engineering geology through his professional and academic life. David graduated from the University of Wales in 1954 wit...

Table of Contents:

• The Basis of Engineering Geology
• The Basis of Engineering Geology
• Investigating the Ground
• Geological Materials
• Geological Masses
• Maps
• Recovery of Samples
• Field Tests and Measurements
• Organisation, Design and Reporting of Site Investigations
• Ground Behaviour
• Ground Response to Engineering and Natural Processes
• Withdrawal of Support by Surface Excavations
• Withdrawl of Support by Underground Excavations
• Static Loading of the Ground
• Dynamic Loading of the Ground
• Ground Reaction to Changes of Fluid and Gas Pressures.