A GEOLOGY FOR ENGINEERS

Civil engineers depend on geology. So this book outlines the fundamentals of geology to a basic necessary level. Among other themes it focuses on the relationship between geology and geomechanics, and on the geological processes that bear directly upon the composition, structure and mechanics of soil and rocks, and on the movement of groundwater. It describes geological processes to show why it is important to investigate the ground, and to show how the investigations may be conducted at ground level and underground.