Engineering geology : an environmental approach / Perry H. Rahn.

Chapter 1 Population
1.1 Introduction
1.2 World Population
1.3 Exponentional Functions
1.4 United States Population
etc

Chapter2 Maps, Aerial Photographs, and Remote Sensing
2.1 Topographic Maps
2.2 Geologic Maps
2.3 Aerial photographs
2.4 Thermal Imagery
etc

Chapter 3 Weathering and Soil Forming Processes
3.1 Soil and Bedrock
3.2 Weathering
3.3 Soil and Bedrock Contacts
3.4 Soil Forming Processes

Chapter 4 Rock Mechanics
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Empirical Measurement
4.3 Stress and Strain
4.4 Compressive Strength
etc

Chapter 5 Soil Mechanics
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Soil Texture
5.3 Soil Moisture
5.4 Atterberg Limits
etc

Chapter 6 Mass Wasting
6.1 Mass Wasting process
6.2 Permafrost

Chapter Ground Water
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Precipitation, Infiltration and Evaporation
7.3 Ground Water Concepts
7.4 Ground Water Flow
etc

Chapter 8 Fluvial Processes
8.1 Fluvial Geomorphology
8.2 Stream Discharge Characteristics
8.3 Dams
8.4 Other Flood Control Structures
etc

Chapter 9 Land Subsidence
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Land Subsidence Due to Withdrawal of Fluids
9.3 Land Subsidence Due to Underground mining
etc

Chapter 10 Engineering Geology of Coastal Regions
10.1 Basic Concepts
10.2 Engineering Structures in Coastal Areas
10.3 Coastal Erosion
10.4 Tsunami
etc

Chapter 11 Earth quakes
11.1 Earthquakes and Seismic Waves
11.2 Lessons Learned from Catastrophic Earthquakes
11.3 Seismic Risk and Earthquake probability
11.4 Man-made Earthquakes
etc

Chapter 12 Geophysical Techniques
12.1 Engineering Seismology
12.2 Electrical Resistivity
12.3 Gravity Methods
etc

Chapter 13 Energy
13.1 Fossil Fuel
13.2 Nuclear Energy
13.3 Alternative Energy Sources

Chapter 14 Design with Nature
14.1 Geological Hazards
14.2 Environmental Abuses
14.3 Planning a Head

References : p. 596-646 . _ Index : p. 651-657