Essentials of Soil Mechanics and Foundations: Basic Geotechnics

Written by an experienced professor and practitioner, this introductory text provides an unusual range of coverage from basic concepts through to developments that provide the user with a real-life working knowledge of geotechnics. Coverage includes design charts, tables and equations. There is new information on hydrogeology, earthquakes, soil and groundwater contamination, soil gases and methods for field sampling, and expanded coverage of geoenvironmental topics.