Screen LibraryEnvironmental geomechanics
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ISTE Wiley,
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| Publisher Address: | London, UK Hoboken, NJ |
| Publication Dates: | 2010. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xiv, 518 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781848211667 184821166X |
| Index Number: | X5 |
| CLC: | X5 |
| Call Number: | X5/E616 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Soil collapse due to water infiltration -- The nature and survey of soil pollution -- Subsidence phenomena -- Subsidence induced by fossil fuels extraction -- Physics of water transfers in stone -- Experimental characterization techniques of alterations -- Liners for waste containment facilities -- Retention and transfer of soluble chemical pollutants : mechanisms and numerical modelling -- Case studies. This title covers topics that are of increasing importance in engineering practice: natural hazards, pollution and environmental protection through good practice. The first part of the book deals with natural risk factors, of both natural and human origin, that should be borne in mind. The second part is devoted to pollution and polluted sites and their repercussions, a facet of growing significance given the increasing reclamation of land from abandoned industrial sites for urban development over the last 20 years. Different types of oil pollution and methods of decontamination are describe |