Engineering Geology and Construction

by Fred G. Bell

Overview

Winner of the 2004 Claire P. Holdredge Award of the Association of Engineering Geologists (USA).The only book to concentrate on the relationship between geology and its implications for construction, this book covers the full scope of the subject from site investigation through to the complexities of reservoirs and dam sites. Features include inter

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040076064
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	02/03/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	808
File size:	63 MB
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About the Author

Fred Bell, formerly Professor and Head of the Department of Geology and Applied Geology at the University of Natal, South Africa.

Table of Contents

1. Land Evaluation and Site Investigation 2. Open Excavation and Slopes 3. Subsurface Excavations 4. Foundation Conditions and Buildings 5. Routeways 6. Reservoirs and Dam Sites 7. Hydrogeology 8. River and Coastal Engineering 9. Waste and its Disposal 10. Derelict and Contaminated Land 11. Geological Material Used in Construction.