LEADER 05809oam 2200637I 450 001 9910790019103321 005 20230801221944.0 010 $a0-429-10648-3 010 $a1-280-12210-2 010 $a9786613525963 010 $a1-4398-4530-1 024 7 $a10.1201/b11658 035 $a(CKB)2670000000160863 035 $a(EBL)877133 035 $a(OCoLC)781628812 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000622833 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11388685 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000622833 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10643028 035 $a(PQKB)11379201 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC877133 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4010105 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL877133 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10539441 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL352596 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4010105 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000160863 100 $a20180331d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEnvironmental soil properties and behaviour /$fRaymond N. Yong, Masashi Nakano, Roland Pusch 210 1$aBoca Raton, Fla. :$cCRC Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (446 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4398-4529-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aFront Cover; Contents; Preface; The Authors; 1. Origin and Function of Soils; 2. Nature of Soils; 3. Soil-Water Systems; 4. Swelling Clays; 5. Stressors, Impacts, and Soil Functionality; 6. Mechanical Properties; 7. Thermal and Hydraulic Properties; 8. Sorption Properties and Mechanisms; 9. Mobility and Attenuation of Contaminants; 10. Environmental Soil Behaviour 330 $aFrom bridges and tunnels to nuclear waste repositories, structures require that soils maintain their design engineering properties if the structures are to reach their projected life spans. The same is true for earth dams, levees, buffers, barriers for landfills, and other structures that use soils as engineered materials. Yet soil, a natural resource, continues to change as a result of natural and anthropogenic stresses. As the discipline of soil properties and behaviours matures, new tools and techniques are making it possible to study these properties and behaviours in more depth.What Happens to Soil Under Weathering, Aging, & Chemical Stress? Environmental Soil Properties and Behaviour examines changes in soil properties and behaviour caused by short- and long-term stresses from anthropogenic activities and environmental forces. Introducing new concepts of soil behaviour, soil maturation, and soil functionality, it integrates soil physics, soil chemistry, and soil mechanics as vital factors in soil engineering. The book focuses on environmental soil behaviour, with particular attention to two main inter-related groups of soil environment issues. The first is the use of soil as an environmental tool for management and containment of toxic and hazardous waste materials. The second is the impact of ageing and weathering processes and soil contamination on the properties and behaviour of soils, especially those used in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering projects.A Transdisciplinary Look at Soil-Changing Processes To determine short- and long-term soil quality and soil functionality, the authors emphasize the need to be aware of the nature of the stressors involved as well as the kinds of soil-changing processes that are evoked. This book takes a first step toward a much-needed transdisciplinary effort to develop a broader and deeper understanding of what happens to soil and how we can determine and quantify the effect of biogeochemical processes. It offers a timely resource for the study of soil properties and behaviours, effects of environmental changes, and remediation of contaminated soil--$cProvided by publisher. 330 $aPreface Soils are dynamic living systems that constitute a vital part of the environment. The soil- environment is the engine that provides the base or platform for human sustenance--food, shelter, and clothing. Food production, forestry, and mineral extraction are some of the life-support activities that depend on soils--in addition to their utility in constructed facilities. All the activities associated with soils require knowledge of their properties and their behaviour under various scenarios and requirements. Studies on soils and their characteristics, properties, and behaviour have been conducted in many different fields of science and engineering. Considerable progress has been made over the past 50 years in our understanding of soil behaviour, and especially in regard to the over-riding physicochemical control of soil behaviour. Much of the progress has been due to (a) the concerted focussed research efforts of researchers, and the exchange and acceptance of ideas and information between different disciplines such as soil engineering, soil science, mineralogy, microbiology, engineering geology, etc., and (b) the trans-disciplinary and multidisciplinary research studies mounted by these different disciplines. There has been heightened understanding of the significant roles of geologic origin and regional controls on the nature, properties, and response performance of soils--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aSoil mechanics 615 0$aSoil mechanics. 676 $a624.1/5136 686 $aSCI026000$aTEC003000$aTEC009020$2bisacsh 700 $aYong$b R. N$g(Raymond Nen),$01584065 701 $aNakano$b Masashi$f1937-$01584066 701 $aPusch$b Roland$0521540 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790019103321 996 $aEnvironmental soil properties and behaviour$93867640 997 $aUNINA