Engineering geology for civil engineers / P.C. Varghese.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I : Formation of rocks. -- Chapter 1 :Historical geology. -- Chapter 2 : Elements and minerals. -- Chapter 3 : Rocks and their formation. -- Chapter 4 : Igneous rocks. -- Chapter 5 : Sedimentary rocks. -- Chapter 6 : Metamorphic rocks. -- Chapter 7 : Structural features in rocks. -- Chapter 8 : Chemical weathering of rocks. -- Chapter 9 : Engineering properties of rocks. -- Chapter 10 : Weathering of rocks and geomorphology. -- Chapter 11 : Groundwater and groundwater recharging. -- Part II : Formation of soil deposits. -- Chapter 12 : Field identification and classification of soils. -- Chapter 13 : Streams rivers and their deposits. -- Chapter 14 : Lake deposits. -- Chapter 15 : Costal deposits. -- Chapter 16 : Wind deposits. -- Chapter 17 : Marshes and peat deposits (muskegs), bogs. -- Chapter 18 : Some special Indian soils and rocks. -- Chapter 19 : Landslides rockslides, rock falls and land subsidence. -- Chapter 20 : Mud flows. -- Part III : Application of engineering geology to civil engineering projects/works. -- Chapter 21 : Geological investigations for reservoirs and dam sites. -- Chapter 22 : Geological investigations for roads, railways and bridges. -- Chapter 23 : Tunnelling in rocks. -- Chapter 24 : Earthquakes, tsunami and seiche. -- Part IV : Allied subjects. -- Chapter 25 : Geological maps, geophysical explorations and boring in soils. -- Chapter 26 : Investigations for large projects, field tests in soils, rock boring and preparation of project reports. -- Chapter 27 : Origin and nature of cyclones. -- Chapter 28 : Rock forming minerals. -- Chapter 29 : Rock mass classification in engineering geology. -- Part 30 : Geology and subsurface soil conditions of some important regions of india. -- Biliography. -- Index.