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Using an engineer's perspective, it offers a concrete account of the basic facts and experiences regarding the behavior of different rock types in engineering construction. Details geological exploration techniques, stressing drilling and logging core samples. Features a chapter on active faults in engineering projects including legal arguments about project sites. Illustrative case studies, ranging from the Auburn Dam controversy to international examples of single collapse problems, aid in students' awareness of rock mass propensities and structures.Goodman, Richard E. is the author of 'Engineering Geology Rock in Engineering Construction', published 1993 under ISBN 9780471544241 and ISBN 0471544248.
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