Geological Hazards: Their Assessment,

This book is an introduction to hazards and man-made hazards which have implications for engineering geology. It examines hazards such as seismic effects, volcanoes and floods, and with subsidence, waste disposal and ground water pollution.Geological Hazardsis an essential book for professional engineers in civil, geological and planning areas worldwide.

Geohazards: assessment and planning

1

(15)

Introduction

1

(4)

Risk assessment

5

(2)

Remote sensing, aerial photographs and hazards

7

(2)

Hazard maps

9

(3)

Land-use planning and hazards

12

(4)

Volcanic activity

16

(43)

Introduction

16

(2)

Volcanic form and structure

18

(7)

Types of central eruption

25

(3)

Volcanic products: volatiles

28

(1)

Volcanic products: pyroclasts

29

(3)

Volcanic products: lava flows

32

(5)

Mudflows or labars

37

(1)

Volcanic bazard and prediction

38

(21)

Earthquake activity

59

(55)

Introduction

59

(3)

Intensity and magnitude of earthquakes

62

(8)

Effects of earthquakes

70

(2)

Ground conditions and seismicity

72

(4)

Methods of seismic investigation

76

(9)

Seismic hazard and risk

85

(2)

Seismic zoning

87

(7)

Earthquake analysis and design

94

(3)

Structural damage and its prevention

97

(6)

Earthquakes and dams

103

(2)

Induced seismicity

105

(9)

Mass movements

114

(67)

Soil creep and valley bulging

114

(2)

Causes of landslides

116

(6)

Classification of landslides

122

(10)

Landslides in soils

132

(3)

Landslides in rock masses

135

(4)

A brief note on slope stability analysis

139

(5)

Monitoring slopes

144

(6)

Landslide hazard, investigation and mapping

150

(13)

Methods of slope control and stabilization

163

(18)

Problem soils

181

(64)

Quicksands

181

(4)

Expansive clays

185

(10)

Dispersive soils

195

(7)

Collapsible soils

202

(5)

Quick clays

207

(6)

Soils of arid regions

213

(5)

Tropical soils

218

(8)

Peat

226

(4)

Frozen soils

230

(15)

River action and control

245

(47)

Fluvial processes

245

(16)

Floods

261

(3)

Factors affecting run-off

264

(7)

Assessment of run-off

271

(6)

Hazard zoning, warning systems and adjustments

277

(4)

River control and flood regulation

281

(11)

Marine action and control

292

(45)

Waves

293

(6)

Tides

299

(1)

Beach zones

300

(4)

Coastal erosion

304

(2)

Beaches and longshore drift

306

(3)

Storm surges and marine inundation

309

(5)

Shoreline investigation

314

(5)

Protective barriers

319

(6)

Stabilization of longshore drift

325

(4)

Tsunamis

329

(8)

Wind action and arid regions

337

(53)

Introduction

337

(2)

Wind action

339

(6)

Desert dunes

345

(4)

Stream action in arid and semi-arid regions

349

(6)

Flooding and sediment problems

355

(2)

Movement of dust and sand

357

(13)

Sabkha soil conditions

370

(4)

Salt weathering

374

(16)

Soil erosion and desertification

390

(62)

Introduction

390

(7)

Estimation of soil loss

397

(3)

Sediment yield

400

(4)

The Universal Soil Loss Equation

404

(9)

Soil erosion by wind

413

(6)

Erosion control and conservation practices

419

(7)

Assessment of soil erosion

426

(10)

Desertification

436

(3)

Irrigation

439

(13)

Waste and its disposal

452

(70)

Introduction

452

(2)

Domestic refuse and sanitary landfills

454

(25)

Hazardous wastes

479

(4)

Radioactive waste

483

(7)

Waste materials from mining

490

(12)

Contaminated land

502

(10)

Remediation of contaminated land

512

(10)

Groundwater pollution

522

(44)

Introduction

522

(1)

A note on groundwater quality

523

(3)

Rock type, pollution potential and attenuation of a pollutant

526

(3)

Faulty well design and construction

529

(1)

Induced infiltration

530

(3)

Leachate from landfill sites

533

(5)

Saline intrusion

538

(4)

Nitrate pollution

542

(1)

The problem of acid mine drainage

543

(7)

Waste waters and effluents from mines

550

(4)

Other causes of pollution

554

(2)

Groundwater monitoring and artificial recharge

556

(10)

Ground subsidence

566

(60)

Introduction

566

(1)

Pillar-and-stall workings and their potential failure

566

(9)

Investigations in areas of abandoned mine workings

575

(5)

Old mine workings and hazard zoning

580

(4)

Measures to reduce or avoid subsidence effects due to old mine workings

584

(2)

Old mine shafts

586

(4)

Longwall mining and subsidence

590

(8)

Damage associated with ground movements

598

(5)

Measures to mitigate the effects of subsidence due to longwall mining

603

(2)

Metalliferous mining

605

(2)

Subsidence associated with fluid abstraction

607

(19)

Index

626

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Geological Hazards: Their Assessment, Avoidance and Mitigation

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