Geotechnical Characteristics of Soils and Rocks of India

- Adopts simple and practical approach for easy learning of geo-information, even by self-reading, in a single volume. - Covers most topics as required in field practice while dealing with ground infrastructure projects in several areas, including civil/geotechnical/structural/highway/environmental engineering, mining engineering, agricultural engineering, geology and geological engineering, geography, soil science, etc. - Includes ground subsurface details in terms of boring logs, project site photographs, engineering properties of soils/rocks and field challenges - Comes with availability of information about use of geomaterials as construction materials and related natural hazards - Presents case studies and effects of environmental changes on geomaterials