§ 4 The Role of Engineering Geology in the Management of Ground Risk

Engineering geology is the application of geology in the civil engineering, mining…

As described by Fookes (1997), engineering geology is “more than geology that is simply useful for civil engineers…. its practitioners have training and experience in ground problems that arise in civil engineering and in the investigation, classification and performance of soils and rocks related to civil engineering situations; and a working knowledge of basic soil mechanics, rock mechanics and hydrogeology.”…