Carbonate Sediments and Rocks: A Manual for Geologists and Engineers - Hardcover

Braithwaite, C.J.R

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1870325397 ISBN 13: 9781870325394

Publisher: Whittles Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Carbonate rocks are of fundamental importance in many respects: in the manufacture of cement, as building stone and aggregates, and they form the reservoirs for about 40% of the world's oil reserves. In engineering terms they frequently underly the most intractable geotechnical problems and often provide the foundations for coastal structures and offshore structures. This book provides the geological background to carbonate sediments and rocks and furnishes basic information on the compositions, origins, and distributions of carbonate sediments. The descriptions that follow provide models for the earth scientist and a predictive framework for engineering works in such areas. It provides a basic reference tool for the geologist and a reference framework in which the practising engineer unfamiliar with terms is able to understand and evaluate reports provided by experts from other fields. Case studies provide further elucidation. Readership: practitioners and students in earth science, engineering geology, petroleum geology, foundation and civil engineering.

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About the Author

Colin J. R. Braithwaite is Senior Lecturer in the Division of Earth Sciences at the University of Glasgow, UK and is a Leverhulme Emeritus Research Fellow.

Edition details

• Publisher: Whittles Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1870325397
• ISBN 13: 9781870325394
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224