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A short course in geology for civil engineers /
This book explains the processes of how the ground is formed and therefore what it is made of and how it behaves as an engineering material. This enables the civil engineer to work from a few first principles to decide if the ground is an asset or a hazard.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London : Reston, VA :
Thomas Telford Pub. ; Distributors for USA, ASCE Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Ground origins : plate tectonics and the rock cycle
- New ground : igneous rocks
- Deposited ground : sedimentary rocks
- Changed ground : metamorphic rock
- Ground clock : stratigraphy and terminology
- Ground structure : maps, unconformity, faults and folds
- Groundwater : flow, quality and protection
- Ground hazards : volcanoes, earthquakes and dissolution features
- Ground properties : rock strength and compressibility.