Publisher's Synopsis
Encyclopaedia of Geomechanics in Soil, Rock, and Environmental Engineering deals with natural risk factors, of both natural and human origin, that should be borne in mind. Environmental Geomechanics covers a range of topics that are of increasing importance in engineering practice: natural hazards, pollution, and environmental protection through good practice. Transport of contaminants and other substances may occur in the fluids, e.g. water, water vapour and air, filling the pores of geomaterials as happens in waste disposal problems or durability problems. Mass transport also takes place in reservoir engineering problems, where the fluids involved are oil, water, and gas. First chapter deals with
