Geology for environmental engineers /
Woodhouse, David
Geology for environmental engineers / David Woodhouse and James Lambrechts - New York : Momentum Press, c2019 - xvii, 197 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index. Glossary: 183 - 184 pages.
Introductions -- The rock cycle - a continuous circle -- How the earth's crust folds and fractures - structural geology -- Geologic processes of weathering and erosion -- Soils/overburden - types/sources, characteristics, and field identification -- Groundwater -- Applications in volume II -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- About the authors -- Index
This book discusses the cycle that gives origin to the different types of rock and geological processes that produce the soils. On the macro scale , it seeks to discover the origin of Earth's mountains, rocks, and a myriad number of other phenomena. On the micro scales, geology seeks to understand fluid flow through small pores and fractures.
9781947083325
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
GEOLOGY
BUSINESS
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNOLOGY
QE 38 .W66 2019
Geology for environmental engineers / David Woodhouse and James Lambrechts - New York : Momentum Press, c2019 - xvii, 197 pages : illustration ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index. Glossary: 183 - 184 pages.
Introductions -- The rock cycle - a continuous circle -- How the earth's crust folds and fractures - structural geology -- Geologic processes of weathering and erosion -- Soils/overburden - types/sources, characteristics, and field identification -- Groundwater -- Applications in volume II -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- About the authors -- Index
This book discusses the cycle that gives origin to the different types of rock and geological processes that produce the soils. On the macro scale , it seeks to discover the origin of Earth's mountains, rocks, and a myriad number of other phenomena. On the micro scales, geology seeks to understand fluid flow through small pores and fractures.
9781947083325
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
GEOLOGY
BUSINESS
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNOLOGY
QE 38 .W66 2019
