ENV-2E1Y GEOMORPHOLOGY - Geotechnics Reading List
There is no one book which adequately covers the material contained in the section of the course to the level required. Many books are too advanced, others are too basic, although the basic reference (by Carson and Kirkby on your inital reading list is OK but still a little basic. Selected chapters of several other more advanced books you may find useful for reference purposes to supplement the material covered in the lectures, and particular assist in the partical report which form part of the Coruse Work. Some papers in the Journals: Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Earth Surface Processes relating to slope stability are also helpful..
The best book has been requested to be available from Book Shopis :-
Capper, P.L. & Cassie, W.F. The Mechanics of Engineering Soils - 3rd Edition, Publisher Spon price £13-99
In this the following chapters are relevant
Classification - chapters 1 and 2: Pore water pressures - chapter 3
Consolidation - chapter 9 : shear strength - chapter 5
slope stability - chapter 8 : field and laboratory testing procedures chapters 13 - 15
An alternative and better on some aspects is
Lambe, T.W. & Whitman, R.V. Soil Mechanics - 1st Edition - Publisher Wiley price £20-99
Classification - chapters 2, 3, 4 and 5 : Water flow - chapters 17 and 18
Consolidation - chapter 27 : Shear strength - chapter 6
Slope Stability - chapter 24
Soil testing - chapter 7
[It is also a little more up to date than Capper and Cassie as a new edition has come out]
For a more general descriptive discussion
Zaruba, O. Landslides and their control [this is out of print but in the Library -NKT also has a copy]
The above items are also in the main section of the library. N.K. Tovey also has copies of the above which you may borrow if you wish.
Relevant Sections of the following is also a good alternative:
Smith, G.N. - Soil Mechnaics, publisher Crosby Lockwood - price £16-99.
For additional information on Laboratory Methods, the book by HEAD, K.H. (1982) entitled Soil Laboratory Testing and published by Pentech Press) is good for reference purposes (NKT has a copy).
Skempton, A.W., Leadbeater, A.D., and Chandler, R.J (1989). The Mam Tor Lanslide: Transactions of Royal Society of London - Series A, pages 503 - 547. [Essential reading if you are going on the Field Course]
Thorne, C.R., and Tovey, N.K. (1981). Stability of composite river banks. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Vol. 6, pp 469- 484. [ a key article on stability of composite river banks]
Other References.
Tovey, N.K. - Landslide Studies - A Collection of papers of landslide incidents in Hong Kong including newspaper cuttings and some technical papers on landslide prediction etc.
Hong Kong Government - Final Report into the Rainstorm Disasters 1972 - especially chapter 3.
The above are photocopies and will be transferred to the Restricted Loan Section of the Library.
Hong Kong Government - Geotechnical Manual for Slopes (1984) - gives a full review of many of the techniques for analysing slopes (see NKT for a copy).
HMSO. Report of the Tribunal appointed to inquire into the Disaster at Aberfan - 21 October 1966.
[This is held in the Official Publications Room of the Library].
NOTE. NKT has copies of all of the above in his room. They may beborrowed from him for 24 hours if required.