Characteristics of Geologic Materials and Formations:
A Field Guide for Geotechnical Engineers
by Roy E. Hunt
A Field Guide for Geotechnical Engineers
by Roy E. Hunt
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About the Book
Characteristics of Geologic Materials and Formations: A Field Guide for
Geotechnical Engineers
Roy E. Hunt, Practicing Geotechnical Engineer, Brictown, New Jersey,
USA||Practicing Geotechnical Engineer, Bricktown, New Jersey, USA
Properly understanding and characterizing geologic materials and
formations is vital for making critical engineering decisions. Identifying and
classifying rock masses and soil formations allows reasonable estimation of
their characteristic properties. Comprising chapters from the second edition
of the revered Geotechnical Engineering Investigation Handbook,
Characteristics of Geologic Materials and Formations provides a basis for
recognizing, identifying, and classifying the various rock and soil types.
With clear, concise, and hands-on guidance, this book describes these rock
and soil types in terms of their origin, mode of occurrence, and structural
features in situ and presents the typical characteristics that are of
engineering significance. It also explains the elements that affect surface
and subsurface water engineering in terms of controlling floods, erosion,
subsurface flow, and seepage, as well as for water conservation. Supplying
important correlations used to estimate engineering and geologic
properties, the book presents correlations for intact rock, rock masses, and
soil formations throughout the chapters and condenses this information
into a convenient summary table in an appendix.
Eliminate the need to search through narrow volumes or large handbooks
with Characteristics of Geologic Materials and Formations: A Field Guide for
Geotechnical Engineers, a convenient and complete guide to the techniques
you need.
Product Details
Hardcover: 387 pp
Publisher: 25/10/2006, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN: 9781420042764
ISBN 10: 1420042769
Dimensions:
Characteristics of Geologic Materials and Formations: A Field Guide for
Geotechnical Engineers
Roy E. Hunt, Practicing Geotechnical Engineer, Brictown, New Jersey,
USA||Practicing Geotechnical Engineer, Bricktown, New Jersey, USA
Properly understanding and characterizing geologic materials and
formations is vital for making critical engineering decisions. Identifying and
classifying rock masses and soil formations allows reasonable estimation of
their characteristic properties. Comprising chapters from the second edition
of the revered Geotechnical Engineering Investigation Handbook,
Characteristics of Geologic Materials and Formations provides a basis for
recognizing, identifying, and classifying the various rock and soil types.
With clear, concise, and hands-on guidance, this book describes these rock
and soil types in terms of their origin, mode of occurrence, and structural
features in situ and presents the typical characteristics that are of
engineering significance. It also explains the elements that affect surface
and subsurface water engineering in terms of controlling floods, erosion,
subsurface flow, and seepage, as well as for water conservation. Supplying
important correlations used to estimate engineering and geologic
properties, the book presents correlations for intact rock, rock masses, and
soil formations throughout the chapters and condenses this information
into a convenient summary table in an appendix.
Eliminate the need to search through narrow volumes or large handbooks
with Characteristics of Geologic Materials and Formations: A Field Guide for
Geotechnical Engineers, a convenient and complete guide to the techniques
you need.
Product Details
Hardcover: 387 pp
Publisher: 25/10/2006, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN: 9781420042764
ISBN 10: 1420042769
Dimensions:
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