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Geomorphology for Engineers
Product Review The book itself is a must for practitioners who deliver site conceptual geologic models for engineered construction. The net result is a treatment that seems to urge the reader to move forward to a state of knowledge at which the practitioner feels a high level of confidence in not having missed some fatal flaw or other undiscovered geologic feature or condition that might compromise the purpose of the engineered work for which the field work has been accomplished. Engineering geology a reference book for geotechnical engineers and problems that they may encounter around the world. At 851 pages and 27 chapters, this is a reference book. It is broken into three distinct sections: controls on geomorphology (tectonics, weathering, climate, etc), processes (landslides, rivers, periglacial, subsidence, soil erosion, etc) and landscapes. with fifteen chapters on different geomorphic environments and the engineering problems typical of each Chapters are written by noted authorities each topic and the overall book retains a cohesiveness in style and language that reflects strong guidance from the editors. This book is more than a collection of papers. Importantly, tables and diagrams are used frequently through out ant they are up to date, relevant and useful. Rick Guthrie, MSc, PGeo, Regional Geomorphologist, in Island Geoscience, Vol. 03, No. 03, Fall 2006 Product Review The book itself is a must for practitioners who deliver site conceptual geologic models for engineered construction. The net result is a treatment that seems to urge the reader to move forward to a state of knowledge at which the practitioner feels a high level of confidence in not having missed some fatal flaw or other undiscovered geologic feature or condition that might compromise the purpose of the engineered work for which the field work has been accomplished. Engineering geology a reference book for geotechnical engineers and problems that they may encounter around the world. At 851 pages and 27 chapters, this is a reference book. It is broken into three distinct sections: controls on geomorphology (tectonics, weathering, climate, etc), processes (landslides, rivers, periglacial, subsidence, soil erosion, etc) and landscapes. with fifteen chapters on different geomorphic environments and the engineering problems typical of each Chapters are written by noted authorities each topic and the overall book retains a cohesiveness in style and language that reflects strong guidance from the editors. This book is more than a collection of papers. Importantly, tables and diagrams are used frequently through out ant they are up to date, relevant and useful. Rick Guthrie, MSc, PGeo, Regional Geomorphologist, in Island Geoscience, Vol. 03, No. 03, Fall 2006
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