Challenge to Environmental Problem on Engineering Geology

Environmental Geology and Planning

Application of Geology to Highway Engineering

In Indiana we have surely developed a “professional con­ sciousness. We have done quite a bit toward enforcement of the registration act. We have an adopted code of ethics. We now have four local chapters in addition to our state chapter and state society. In the last session of the state legislature, we sponsored three bills. With the able guidance of Engineer Clyde Walb and others, two of the...

Comparison of Engineering Geology Properties Natural Granite with Artificial Types

Understanding of the geological characteristics of artificial stone is of particular importance. Appearance, size and dimensions, specification of particle surface and minerals forming aggregates are among the characteristics of rock materials that affect the homogeneous and cladding environment. Volume variations, water absorption, resistance to atmospheric agents and wear resistance are the m...

Responding to the Environmental Challenge

Profile Pakistan's leather industry is one of the major foreign exchange earners for the country. About 90% of its products are exported in finished form. During 1996-97, the production of leather was about 14.3 million m and export earning amounted to US$ 642 million. There are some 600 tanneries in the formal sector and an equally large number of tanneries in the informal sector. These are co...

The engineering geology of the Soltan Dam, Mateur (Tunisia)

The Soltan Dam on the river Soltan, a branch of Tine River, is located about 19 km of Mateur city in the northeast of Tunisia. The dam is now under Study and will be constructed in 2017. The Soltan Dam has been designed as an earth fill dam with homogeneous materials. The dam and its associated concrete structures are mainly founded on marl, shale and shale of Lower Miocene age, sandstone of th...