1. The 21st Glossop Lecture: engineering geology and the geoscience time machine.
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Shilston, David T.
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ENGINEERING geology ,EARTH sciences ,GEOLOGICAL time scales ,CIVIL engineering ,CIVIL engineers ,GEOLOGY - Abstract
How did the geology and geomorphology of a site become the way it is today? And what are the practical engineering geological applications of that knowledge to civil engineering and environmental projects? The answer is much more than a description of the materials logged in an excavation or a borehole, or a description of a site's geological history. It requires a mental time machine that enables us to investigate and understand the conditions, processes and materials that occur over geological time and recently (including human-induced, anthropogenic impacts). In this paper, by means of some short case study examples, I explore and describe how the application of a time machine approach is an essential tool for engineering geologists, both in the field and back at their desks. (A recording of my lecture, which I gave at the Royal Institution, London on 24 November 2021, is available on YouTube: Glossop Medal Lecture, 2021, https://youtu.be/CAJDtSrrA4w. The lecture is about 65 minutes long.) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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