Geology for engineers and environmental scientists

✍ Scribed by Kehew, Alan E

• Publisher: Pearson Education Limited
• Year: 2013;2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 709
• Series: Pearson custom library; Always learning
• Edition: Third edition, Pearson new international edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

For introductory courses in geology for engineers or engineering geology, offered in departments of geology, earth science, and civil engineering. This text provides an introduction to geology for students of engineering and environmental science - with a focus on applications that they are likely to use in their professional careers. It demonstrates the importance of geology to engineers by including introductory mechanics, hydraulics, and case studies that illustrate interactions between geology and engineering; applications involving environmental problems and solutions are given significant coverage as well.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 4
1. The Earth and Its Systems......Page 6
2. Minerals......Page 60
3. Igneous Rocks and Processes......Page 94
4. Sedimentary Rocks and Processes......Page 142
5. Metamorphic Rocks and Processes......Page 186
6. Mechanics of Rock Materials......Page 204
7. Structural Deformation of the Earth's Crust and Earthquakes......Page 242
8. Weathering and Erosion......Page 310
9. Soils, Soil Hazards, and Land Subsidence......Page 340
10. Groundwater......Page 388
11. Subsurface Contamination and Remediation......Page 444
12. Mass Movement and Slope Stability......Page 496
13. Rivers......Page 542
14. Oceans and Coasts......Page 594
15. Glaciers, Permafrost, and Deserts......Page 638
Appendix: Units and Conversion Factors......Page 690
The Geologic Time Scale and the Geologic Column......Page 694
Unified Soil Classification System......Page 696
B......Page 698
C......Page 699
E......Page 700
F......Page 701
H......Page 702
M......Page 703
P......Page 704
R......Page 705
S......Page 706
W......Page 708
Z......Page 709