Site Investigation Books
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How to Design Wastewater Systems for Local Conditions in Developing Countries
This is a practical handbook providing a step-by-step approach to the techniques used for characterizing wastewater sources and investigating sites where collection, treatment and reuse/disposal technologies will be installed. It is intended to help enable local implementation of on-site and decentralized wastewater management system (DWMS)for wide scale use in development settings. How to ...
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Piling Engineering: a Handbook for the Tropics
Reference on all aspects of piling and gives a dedicated account of the practical work involved. It is unique in comparison to existing standard texts in that it is typically focused on the conditions in Asia. Some of these relate to soil conditions, such as rocks deeply affected by tropical weathering, others to working conditions, such as climate, safety standards, materials available, staff ...
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Geological Engineering
A guide for developing integrated engineering solutions, which take into account both ground conditions and environment, this extensively illustrated textbook covers the subject area of geological engineering in four sections: fundamentals, methods, applications, and geohazards. Covering topics such as site investigation, rock mechanics, and slope stability, Geological Engineering provides an ...
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Soil and Rock (I): D 420 - D 5611
Combined, these two volumes feature over 370 geotechnical and geoenvironmental standards. Volume 04.08 covers tests and practices that establish standard procedures for soil testing, including compaction, sampling, field investigation, soil texture, plasticity, density characteristics, moisture content, and hydrological and structural properties. Others focus on construction control, and ground ...
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Soil and Rock (II): D 5714 - latest
Combined, these two volumes feature over 370 geotechnical and geoenvironmental standards. Volume 04.08 covers tests and practices that establish standard procedures for soil testing, including compaction, sampling, field investigation, soil texture, plasticity, density characteristics, moisture content, and hydrological and structural properties. Others focus on construction control, and ground ...
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ASTM Standards on Environmental Site Characterization, 3rd Edition (CD-ROM)
This new edition features 180 ASTM guides, practices, and test methods for environmental site characterization, drawn from the work of the following ASTM committees: D18 on Soil and Rock; D19 on Water; D34 on Waste Management; E47 on Biological Effects and Environmental Fate; and E50 on Environmental Assessment, Risk Management, and Corrective Action. All of these standards can be used in site ...
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Site Assessment and Remediation Handbook, Second Edition
Completely revised and updated, the Second Edition of Site Assessment and Remediation Handbook provides coverage of new procedures and technologies for an expanded range of site investigations. With over 700 figures, tables, and flow charts, the handbook is a comprehensive resource for engineers, geologists, and hydrologists conducting site investigation, and a one-stop, technical reference for ...
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CONTAMINATED SEDIMENTS: Characterization, Evaluation, Mitigation/Restoration, and Management Strategy Performance
This new publication reviews recent advances in contaminated sediments-management-related research and focuses on the engineering aspects of contaminant transport, erosion, stability, monitoring, and modeling. It identifies both established and innovative physico-chemical and biological tests and methods used to characterize and evaluate properties and behavior of contaminated sediments, as well ...
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Field Hydrogeology: A Guide for Site Investigations and Report Preparation
In recent years, the focus in groundwater studies has expanded to also include groundwater contamination and remediation studies as a part of resource evaluations. While there are other books on the subject, Field Hydrogeology-A Guide for Site Investigations and Report Preparation provides the first integrated presentation of the American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) standards, US ...
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Assessment and Reclamation of Contaminated Land
Contaminated land and the methods and legal controls governing its reclamation for subsequent development and use are of great current interest and concern. This volume covers aspects of this subject, ranging from the origins and extent of contaminated land problems, including effects on human health, through investigative measures, to specific techniques of remediation. It is written in the ...
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Geostatistics for Environmental and Geotechnical Applications
STP 1283 gives you the opportunity to review several practical exercises conducted by authorities in this discipline. The 300-page volume opens with a four-part introduction to geostatistics: Geostatistics for Environmental and Geotechnical Applications: A Technology Transferred examines the practicality of geostatistical methods and concludes with a case study that thoroughly executes the ...
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Geophysical Applications for Geotechnical Investigations
This practical volume applies geophysical techniques to hazardous waste site investigations, highway bridge foundations, and water quality. Seven peer-reviewed papers in a section on Surface Geophysics and Borehole Geophysics discuss: in situ soil testing measurement of engineering properties in rocks and sediments earthquake/seismic sensitivity of ...
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Quality Control in Remedical Site Investigations: Hazardous and Industrial Waste Testing
STP 925 presents a state-of-the-art review of current methods to collect, prepare, and analyze samples. It also provides the results of a massive effort to review the quality control/quality assurance of the laboratories performing analysis under the ...
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Offshore Site Investigation and Foundation Behaviour
Two main areas of offshore activity are addressed in this book: Site investigation on assessment; and Applications and foundation engineering. The 37 contributions from a wide ranging group of international experts, are resulting from the Offshore Site Investigation and Foundation Behaviour Conference, London, U.K., September 1992. Adequate determination of site conditions can only ...
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ASTM Standards on Environmental Site Characterization, 3rd Edition (Print)
This new edition features 180 ASTM guides, practices, and test methods for environmental site characterization, drawn from the work of the following ASTM committees: D18 on Soil and Rock; D19 on Water; D34 on Waste Management; E47 on Biological Effects and Environmental Fate; and E50 on Environmental Assessment, Risk Management, and Corrective Action. All of these standards can be used in site ...
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Ecological Time Series
This pioneering volume explores time series analysis and interpretation using a wide range of methods and examples from terrestrial, marine, and freshwater ecology. The book challenges readers to discern interdisciplinary processes that can unify fields as diverse as climatology and epidemiology. The first section of the book explores the basic concepts of environmental analysis, reviews ...
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Field Screening Europe
These Proceedings contain both oral and poster contributions to the first international conference 'Field Screening Europe - Strategies and Techniques for On-Site Investigation and Monitoring of Contaminated Soil, Water and Air', held in Karlsruhe on September 29-October 1, 1997. Environmental monitoring and the assessment of chemical contamination are becoming more and more important. The ...
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Sinkholes and Subsidence
"Sinkholes and Subsidence" provides a twenty-first century account of how the various subsidence features in carbonate and evaporite rocks cause problems in development and construction in our living environment. The authors explain the processes by which different types of sinkholes develop and mature in karst terrains. They consider the various methods used in site investigations, both direct ...
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Environmental Consulting & Engineering Market Datapack
The data package includes the following Environmental Consulting & Engineering industry and market data tables. (Final annual figures are included for 2009 for markets and the top 340 U.S. Environmental Consulting & Engineering firms with market estimates for 2010 based on first-half or three-quarter data and survey responses by ...
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Criminal and Environmental Soil Forensics
Soils have important roles to play in criminal and environmental forensic science. Since the initial concept of using soil in forensic investigations was mooted by Conan Doyle in his Sherlock Holmes stories prior to real-world applications, this branch of forensic science has become increasingly sophisticated and broad. New techniques in chemical, physical, biological, ecological and spatial ...
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