A.C. Waltham, Tony Waltham (UK Retired from Nottingham Trent University)

Foundations of Engineering Geology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Offers an overview of the aspects of geology that are most significant to civil engineers. This title covers sections that include those devoted to the main rock types, weathering, ground investigation, rock mass strength, failures of old mines, subsidence on peats and clays, sinkholes on limestone and chalk, and water in landslides.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• 3 ed
• Seitenzahl: 98
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 213mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 416g
• ISBN-13: 9780415469609
• ISBN-10: 0415469600
• Artikelnr.: 26487964

Autorenporträt

Tony Waltham lives in Nottingham, UK, having now retired from many years as a university lecturer in engineering geology.

Inhaltsangabe

Geology. Igneous Rocks. Surface Processes. Sedimentary Rocks. Metamorphic
Rocks. Geological Structures. Geological Maps. Map Interpretation.
Tectonics. Boundary Hazards. Rocks of Britain. Rocks of the US. Weathering
and Soils. Floodplains and Alluvium. Glacial Deposits. Climatic Variants.
Coastal Processes. Groundwater. Ground Investigation. Desk Study. Ground
Investigation Boreholes. Geophysical Surveys. Assessment of Difficult
Ground. Rock Strength. Rock Mass Strength. Soil Strength. Ground
Subsidence. Subsidence on Clays. Subsidence on Limestone. Subsidence Over
Old Mines. Mining Subsidence. Slope Failure and Landslides. Water in
Landslides. Soil Failures and Flowslides. Landslide Hazards. Slope
Stabilization. Ground Conditions. Rock Excavation. Tunnels in Rock. Stone
and Aggregate. Appendices. Rock Mass Quality Q System. Abbreviations and
Notation. Further Reading. Index.