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Engineering geology provides a vital link between the established, traditional, and relevant disciplines that link its identity and name; that is, “engineering” and “geology.” Engineering geology deals with a broad but unique spectrum of topics: environments of deposition; types, compositions, and relevant physical and chemical properties of rocks and soils; the behavior of materials under changing climatic conditions; the influence of natural hazards on the natural and built environment; performance modeling; etc., on land and in the water, are a few of the many aspects that characterize the scope of the practice of engineering geology. The aim of this volume is to provide technical definitions of the most basic and common terms, principles, phrases, concepts, and issues influencing the field of engineering geology. The Encyclopedia of Engineering Geology provides a single platform for contributions from an international cross-section of some 200 specialists whose range of expertise competently addresses the nearly 300 topics that are most pertinent to the field of engineering geology. A common structure and format is used for each of the topics to ensure that readers did not expe
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- Author
- The Editors Peter Bobrowsky & Brian Marker
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783319735689
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Engineering, Science, Geology
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