TY - BOOK AU - Rahn,Perry H. TI - Engineering geology: an environmental approach SN - 9780131774032 U1 - 624.151 20 PY - 1996/// CY - Upper Saddle River, N.J. PB - PTR Prentice Hall KW - Engineering geology KW - Environmental geology N1 - 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 ER -