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| Genre/Form: | Handbooks, manuals, etc Guides, manuels, etc |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Roy E Hunt |
| ISBN: | 0849321824 9780849321825 |
| OCLC Number: | 57166643 |
| Notes: | Rev. ed. of: Geotechnical engineering investigation manual. 1984. |
| Description: | 1066 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Exploration -- Measurement of properties -- Field instrumentation -- Rock and soil : identification and classification -- Rock-mass characteristics -- Soil formations : geologic classes and characteristics -- Water : surface and subsurface -- Landslides and other slope failures -- Ground subsidence, collapse, and heave -- Earthquakes -- Appendix A : the Earth and geologic history -- Appendix B : USGS quads, aerial photographs, satellite and SLAR imagery -- Appendix C : English to metric in the international system -- Appendix D : symbols -- Appendix E : engineering properties of geologic materials : data and correlations. |
| Responsibility: | Roy E. Hunt. |
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"Whoever reads this book will never approach geotechnical exploration in the same way again. Nowhere else has it been made so evident that all boundaries among engineering geology, geophysics, rock mechanics, soil mechanics, geohydrology, seismology, and a host of other disciplines are meaningless; that contributions to the solution of geotechnical problems may come from any or all of these sources; or that the practitioner who holds too narrowly to a specialty is likely to overlook knowledge that could be of the greatest benefit to him in reaching a proper judgment. If for no other reason than to appreciate the breadth of geotechnics and to escape from the trap of too narrow a perspective, this book should be read." -Dr. Ralph B. Peck, from the Foreword to the First Edition Read more...