Descripci©đn del editor: "This carefully targeted and rigorous new textbook introduces engineering students to the fundamental principles of applied Earth science, highlighting how modern soil and rock mechanics, geomorphology, hydrogeology, seismology and environmental geochemi…
Rocks as engineering materials. Introduction -- The structure and composition of the earth -- Geological structures and maps -- Rock mechanics -- Characterization of rocks and rock masses -- Soils and sediments. Terrain evolution and analysis -- Environmental geochemistry and mi…
This carefully targeted and rigorous new textbook introduces engineering students to the fundamental principles of applied Earth science, highlighting how modern soil and rock mechanics, geomorphology, hydrogeology, seismology and environmental geochemistry affect geotechnical a…