Engineering geology (2nd edn)

摘要

As engineering geology is the interface between engineering and geology, the authors of texts on the subject must have an awkward time deciding on how to balance the emphasis between the engineering and the geology, and where to draw the boundaries of their coverage. These decisions must always be the personal preference of the author, and as a result it is quite likely that a reader of any given book on the subject is liable to find some dissatisfaction with the author's choice. Here, the author has dealt with engineering and geology in a reasonably even-handed way, and has drawn boundaries that touch on some aspects of soil and rock mechanics, structural geology, hydrogeology and basic geology. It is therefore a book that should be useful to both engineers and geologists, but only as an introductory text. However, as the ample bibliography leads the way to more advanced treatment, this is not a shortcoming.