Geology for environmental engineers /

The environmental field has evolved since its beginnings in 1970 with the creation of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and further with the 1980 passage of CERCLA legislation (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act), commonly known as Superfund. Many site...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Woodhouse, David (Geologist) (Autor), Lambrechts, James R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Momentum Press, 2018.
Colección:Environmental engineering collection.
Temas:
Environmental geology.
Geology.
Geology
Géoécologie.
Géologie.
geology.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > General.
SCIENCE > Physics > Geophysics.
Environmental geology
faults
geologic processes
igneous rocks
metamorphic rocks
minerals
sedimentary rocks
sediments
soils
structural geology
weathering
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The rock cycle: a continuous circle
  • How the earth's crust folds and fractures: structural geology
  • Geologic processes of weathering and erosion
  • Soils/overburden: types/sources, characteristics, and field identification
  • Groundwater
  • Applications in Volume II.

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