This paper provides the background to the 50th Rankine Lecture. It considers the growth in
emphasis of the prediction of ground displacements during design in the past two decades …

Engineering Properties of Soils and Rocks, Third Edition serves as a guide to the
engineering properties and behavior of soils and rocks. The text also complements other …

Every engineering structure, whether it's a building, bridge or road, is affected by the ground
on which it is built. Geology is of fundamental importance when deciding on the location and …

Inversion tectonic episodes are identified in the Upper Turonian–Lower Coniacian,
Santonian–Lower Campanian and later Lower Campanian Chalk. It is suggested that …

This paper is a preliminary review of the large field embraced by climate and engineering
aspects of the weathering of rock. Factors affecting weathering and the development of …

Cretaceous chalk is a micritic limestone, mostly debris from planktonic algae, largely in
micron-sized plates, but some still in their original circular groupings called coccoliths …

The first edition of this book was received more kindly than it deserved by some, and with
some scepticism by others. It set out to present a simple, concise and reasonably …

Five stages and three substages of weathering of rock material have been recognized in the
granite from Hingston Down, east Cornwall, England. Changes involved in the seven stages …

Cone Penetration Testing: Methods and Interpretation discusses the history, applications,
and development of the cone penetration test procedures and related test procedures. The …

This Paper presents a study of the modification as a result of weathering of the behaviour of
mudstones from the Keuper Marl series. These soils have previously been heavily …