Engineering geology : principles and practice /
David George Price ; edited and compiled by M.H. de Freitas.
- Berlin : Springer, c2009.
- xviii, 450 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The basis of engineering geology -- Part I - Investigating the ground -- Geological materials -- Geological masses -- Maps -- Recovery of samples -- Field tests and measurements -- Organisation, design and reporting of site investigations -- Part II - Ground behaviour -- Ground response to engineering and natural processes -- Withdrawal of support by surface excavations -- Withdrawal of support by underground excavations -- Static loading of the ground -- Dynamic loading of the ground -- Ground reaction to changes of fluid and gas pressures.