GEOLOGY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS

The book is aimed at providing a basic grounding in geology and its application to civil engineering. Chapters are included on: minerals and rocks; superficial deposits (soils), (a) weathering and erosion, (b) modern residual soils, (c) transported superficial deposits, (d) glacial (ice-borne) deposits, (e) description and classification of soils in engineering; the distribution of rocks at, and below, the surface, (a) geological maps and sections, (b) igneous structures, (c) the nature and uses of stratigraphy, (d) the deformation of rocks (structural geology); subsurface (ground) water, (a) the behaviour of water in rocks and soils, (b) the natural circulation of subsurface water, (c) some practical engineering aspects of ground water (supply, drainage and disposal of toxic waste underground); geological exploration of an engineering site, (a) preliminary investigation, (b) applied geophysical surveys, (c) drilling, boring, trenching and pitting; rocks and civil engineering, (a) classification of rocks for engineering purposes, (b) the engineering properties of rocks, (c) drilling, blasting and rock excavation; principal geological factors affecting certain engineering projects, (a) the stability of slopes and cuttings, (b) impounded surface water: the geology of reservoir and dam sites, (C) the geology of tunnels. (TRRL)

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00466240024
• Corporate Authors:

  Allen (George) and Unwin

  40 Museum Street
  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • McLean, A C
  • Gribble, C D
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 49 p.
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Allen (George) and Unwin
  • Publisher: Allen (George) and Unwin
  • ISSN: 004-6-624002-4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Civil engineering; Civil engineers; Deformation; Erosion; Geology; Geophysics; Groundwater; Minerals; Presplitting (Blasting); Properties of materials; Rock drilling; Rock excavation; Rocks; Seismicity; Slope stability; Soil stabilization; Soils; Stratigraphy; Subgrade (Pavements); Subsoil; Textbooks; Tunnels
• Uncontrolled Terms: Site investigation
• Old TRIS Terms: Subgrade treatments
• ITRD Terms: 5595: Deformation; 5275: Erosion; 4053: Geology; 5742: Geophysics; 4383: Ground water; 4051: Mineral; 4154: Rock; 5731: Seismic; 5722: Site investigation; 5783: Slope stability; 4156: Soil; 2930: Subsoil; 8526: Textbook; 3374: Tunnel
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Geotechnology; Highways; Materials; I36: Aggregates; I41: General Soil Surveys; I43: Rock Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00322204
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1981 12:00AM