«Landslides in Practice» - Cornforth, Derek
John Wiley & Sons | 616 pages | ISBN-13 9780471678168 | ISBN-10 0471678163 | PDF| 2005| 53 Mb
John Wiley & Sons | 616 pages | ISBN-13 9780471678168 | ISBN-10 0471678163 | PDF| 2005| 53 Mb
Writing for graduate students in geotechnical engineering and engineering geology, Cornforth (a consultant with Landslide Technology, an Oregon based geotechnical engineering firm specializing in complex landslide evaluations and remediations) describes landslide analyses and investigations and details the application of available remedial and preventative measures for landslides in soils and weathered rocks. The focus of the work is on remedial techniques, with each technique described in terms of its use, engineering design, construction procedure, relative cost, and practical examples. Case studies are included as illustrative material, but 12 more detailed case studies are also presented at the close of the text. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR