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Landslides and engineering practice.

Title
Landslides and engineering practice. Edited by Edwin B. Eckel.
Author
National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board. Committee on Landslide Investigations.
Publication
Washington, 1958.

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Additional Authors
Eckel, Edwin B. (Edwin Butt), 1906-1989
Description
xxi, 232 p. illus., port., profiles.; 25 cm.
Series Statement
  • National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board. Special report 29
  • NAS-NRC Publication 544
Uniform Title
  • Special report (National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board) ; 29.
  • Publication (National Research Council (U.S.)) ; 544.
Subject
  • Landslides
  • Soil mechanics
  • Mécanique des sols
  • soil mechanics
  • Stability analysis
  • Photointerpretation
  • Legal factors
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographies.
Contents
Introduction -- Economic and legal aspects -- Landslide types and processes -- Recognition and identification of landslides -- Airphoto interpretation -- Field and laboratory investigations -- Prevention of landslides -- Control and correction -- Stability analyses and design of control methods -- Trends -- Appendix: Questionnaire on landslides and engineering practice.
LCCN
58060007
OCLC
  • ocm03699212
  • 3699212
  • SCSB-394733
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library