Soil and Rock Description in Engineering Practice
3rd edition
$301.19
- Hardcover
320 pages
- Release Date
29 May 2020
Summary
Unearth the Secrets: A Practical Guide to Soil and Rock Description
Now in its third edition, this book remains an essential resource, offering invaluable practical guidance on engineering geological logging of soil and rock samples and exposures in the field.
It serves as a key text for young professionals learning the ropes, and is also a valuable tool for experienced mentors and experts responsible for approving logs and reports for their organizations.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849954730 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849954739 |
| Author: | David Norbury |
| Publisher: | Porto Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Whittles Publishing |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Edition: | 3rd |
| Release Date: | 29 May 2020 |
| Weight: | 764g |
| Dimensions: | 246mm x 176mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
Praise for the 1st and 2nd editions - ‘…This is a very thorough book and is well-presented and printed, with clear tables, helpful thumbnail photographs and figures and text boxes containing tips and example descriptions. … Buy this book’. Geoscientist ——————– ‘…It is crammed full of tables, figures, photographs, all in an authoritative text. …The pictures (worth a thousand words!) are invariably clear and helpful… … it is a reference book … an endless source of information’. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment ——————– ‘…David Norbury is uniquely placed to write such a book. …. will help both the practitioner and their colleagues and clients benefit from objective and consistent descriptions. …is essential reading for anyone involved in the technical aspects of site characterisation – whether for risk assessment or remediation’. JISCMAIL forum
About The Author
David Norbury
Consultant; Director, David Norbury Limited, Reading, UK; Honorary Professor in Engineering Geology, University of Sussex, UK
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