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Geologic hazards : a field guide for geotechnical engineers
- Title
- Geologic hazards : a field guide for geotechnical engineers / Roy E. Hunt.
- Author
- Hunt, Roy E.
- Publication
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis, ©2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | TA705 .H844 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 323 pages : illustrations, maps; 27 cm
- Summary
- "Armed with Geologic Hazards: A Field Guide for Geotechnical Engineers, you will be able to properly recognize, understand various geologic hazards, and provide safe and economical construction. Roy E. Hunt thoroughly examines the potential for slope failures, earthquakes, ground subsidence, collapse, and expansion. Using a clear conceptual approach, he explains what measures are available to minimize or eliminate the risks associated with each of these geologic hazards."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Landslides and other slope failures -- Slope failure form characteristics -- Assessment of slopes -- Treatment of slopes -- Ground subsidence, collapse, and heave -- Groundwater and oil extraction -- Subsurface mining -- Solution of rock -- Soil subsidence and collapse -- Heave in soil and rock -- Earthquakes -- Earthquake elements -- Surface effects on the geologic environment -- Earthquake-resistant design -- Investigation : important structures in high-hazard areas -- Appendix : the Earth and geologic history -- Significance to the engineer -- The Earth -- Global tectonics -- Geologic history.
- ISBN
- 1420052500
- 9781420052503
- 9781420052510
- 1420052519
- LCCN
- 2006052993
- OCLC
- ocm76898040
- 76898040
- SCSB-9199237
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library