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    Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering handbook / edited by R. Kerry Rowe.

    • Title:Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering handbook / edited by R. Kerry Rowe.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Rowe, R. K.
    • Published/Created:Boston : Kluwer Academic, ©2001.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Engineering geology--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
    • Description:lxv, 1088 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [967]-1061) and index.
    • ISBN:0792386132 (alk. paper)
    • Contents:I. Basic Behavior and Site Characterization
      1. Introduction / R. K. Rowe
      2. Basic Soil Mechanics / P. V. Lade
      3. Engineering Properties of Soils and Typical Correlations / P. V. Lade
      4. Site Characterization / D. E. Becker
      5. Unsaturated Soil Mechanics and Property Assessment / D. G. Fredlund, G. W. Wilson and S. L. Barbour
      6. Basic Rock Mechanics and Testing / K. Y. Lo and A. M. Hefny
      7. Geosynthetics: Characteristics and Testing / R. M. Koerner and Y. G. Hsuan
      8. Seepage, Drainage and Dewatering / R. W. Loughney
      II. Foundations and Pavements
      9. Shallow Foundations / J. C. Small
      10. Pile Foundations / H. G. Poulos
      11. Foundations on Rock / K. Y. Lo and A. M. Hefny
      12. Dynamics of Foundations / M. H. El Naggar
      13. Pavement Design / R. Haas and B. L. Rodway
      III. Slope, Embankment and Wall Stability, and Soil Improvement
      14. Slopes and Mass Movements / S. Leroueil, J. Locat and G. Seve / [et al.]
      15. Soil Improvement / R. D. Holtz, J. Q. Shang and D. T. Bergado
      16. Embankments Over Soft Soil and Peat / S. Leroueil and R. K. Rowe
      17. Earth Retaining Structures and Reinforced Slopes / R. J. Bathurst and C. J. F. P. Jones
      IV. Special Topics
      18. Buried Pipes and Culverts / I. D. Moore
      19. Trenchless Technology / G. W. E. Milligan and C. D. F. Rogers
      20. Cold Region Engineering / J.-M. Konrad
      21. Earthquake Engineering / W. D. L. Finn
      V. Geoenvironmental Engineering
      22. Geoenvironmental Problem Identification and Risk Management / M. Whittaker, J. G. Sprenger and D. D. DuBois
      23. Physicochemistry of Soils for Geoenvironmental Engineers / J. K. Mitchell
      24. Contaminant Hydrogeology / R. A. Schincariol and R. K. Rowe
      25. Barrier Systems / R. K. Rowe
      26. Geosynthetics in Liquid-containing Structures / J. P. Giroud and R. Bonaparte
      27. Covers for Waste / R. Bonaparte and E. K. Yanful
      28. Monitoring of Contaminants and Consideration of Risk / E. McBean, K. Schmidtke and W. Dyck / [et al.]
      29. In situ Containment and Treatment of Contaminated Soil and Ground-water / D. J. A. Smyth, R. W. Gillham and D. W. Blowes / [et al.]
      30. Management of Contaminated Soil in Engineering Construction / P. C. Lucia, G. Ford and H. A. Tuchfeld
      Conversion Factors US to SI Units.
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