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Hot deserts : engineering, geology and geomorphology : Engineering Group Working Party report /
This volume provides an authoritative and comprehensive state-of-the-art review of hot desert terrains in all parts of the world, their geomaterials and influence on civil engineering site investigation, design and construction. It primarily covers conditions and materials in modern hot deserts, but...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Geological Society,
2012.
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| Colección: | Geological Society engineering geology special publication ;
no. 25. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Desert environments
- Processes and landforms in deserts
- Hazards and the desert ground model
- Soil and rock description and characteristics
- Desk study, remote sensing, geographical information systems and field evaluation
- Ground investigation, testing and interpretation of results
- Engineering behaviour of desert soils
- Materials for construction in deserts
- Engineering design and construction
- Glossary of some engineering and geological terms
- Appendix A : Desert model.