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Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications
Volume 6, 1990
Field Testing in Engineering Geology
Edited by:
F. G. Bell, Department of Geology and Applied Geology, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
J. C. Cripps, Department of Geology, University of Sheffield, UK
M. G. Culshaw, Engineering Geology Research Group, British Geological Survey, Nottingham, UK and
J. R. Coffey, Department of Applied Geology, Sunderland Polytechnic, Sunderland, UK

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  • Session 1: Introduction
  • Session 2: Pressuremeter Testing in Soils
  • Session 3: Pressuremeter and Dilatometer Testing in Rocks
  • Session 4: Penetration Testing: The Standard Penetration Test
  • Session 5: Penetration Testing: Static Methods
  • Sessions 6 & 7: Load, Vane and Direct Shear Testing
  • Session 8: Surface Geophysical Testing
  • Session 9: Downhole Geophysical Testing
  • Session 10: Permeability Testing
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  • Chapter 1 Introduction to Geological Hazards in the UK: Their Occurrence, Monitoring and Mitigation
  • The significance of engineering geology to construction
  • The engineering geology of the Nottingham area, UK
  • Chapter 1 Introduction to engineering geology and geomorphology of glaciated and periglaciated terrains
  • Geophysics in civil engineering
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