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Geotechnical Engineering Investigation Handbook, Second Edition

(Roy E. Hunt)

² 1003 LaBella Lane, Big Arm, MT 59910

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Geologists should not be put off in considering this second edition of the Geotechnical Engineering Investigation Handbook, for it could just as well be titled "Engineering: Geological Field Techniques Handbook." When the first edition of this large book came out 21 years ago, I was thoroughly impressed with it and wrote a review that reflected that assessment. Now I have the opportunity to visit the second edition, which was written by a man who now is 20 years wiser. In fact, I am writing this review 3200 km away from my library, and I am not even tempted to see what I had to say the first time. The point is that Roy Hunt did the impossible with the first edition and now he has "squared" that effort.

Roy Hunt has had more than 40 years of professional experience, during which time he has been the consultant on two nuclear power plants in Brazil, . . . [Full Text of this Article]