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Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications; 1997; v. 12; p. 427-432;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.ENG.1997.012.01.42
© 1997 Geological Society of London

Section 7: Summary and conclusions

Modern geophysics in engineering geology: an overview

M. Eddleston1, D. M. McCann2, J. C. Cripps3 & P. Johnson4

1 Bechtel Water Technology, Chadwick House, Warrington Road, Risley, Warrington WA3 6AE, UK
2 Engineering Geology and Geophysics Group, British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG 12 2FS, UK
3 Dept of Earth Sciences, University of Sheffield, Dainton Building, Sheffield S3 7HF, UK
4 Highways Agency, No 5 Broadway, Broad Street, Birmingham B l5 1 BL, UK

The 30th Annual Conference of the Engineering Group (September 1994) of the Geological Society was structured to reflect the application of modern geophysical methods in current engineering geology practice.

This paper aims to highlight some of the important points raised during the discussions at the conference. It is based on transcripts of the discussion sessions, but it is not intended to be a verbatim reproduction of all the points raised, rather it concentrates on key themes that were discussed at length. The direct points raised on particular papers have been addressed and amended by the proceedings editors and authors and are not repeated in detail here. The authors apologise to those delegates whose points may have been poorly represented, misrepresented or omitted. The aim is to take an overview of the major conference discussion themes and bring together material addressed by different speakers during different sessions.

The main topics which generated protracted discussions form the subheadings of the paper as follows:

Professional status of engineering geologists and geophysicists

The topic of the professional status of engineering geologists was raised by Professor Atkinson (City University, London, UK) Chair of the Engineering Group of the Geological Society. He noted that while in the UK Chartered Geologists currently work closely