Part One-Essential Geology 1
1-1 Solar System and Our Planet 1
1-2 Cosmos in a Computer 6
1-3 Elements,Minerals and Rock 8
1-4 Geologic time and Geologic Process Rates 21
1-5 Plate Movement 28
1-6 Geologic Tectonics 32
1-7 Geologic Maps and Satellite Imagery 38
Part Two-Geologic Disaster 46
2-1 Earthquake-Related Hazard and its Forecasting 46
2-2 Mass Wasting 57
2-3 Land Subsidence 67
2.4 Vanishing Lands and Foundation Failures 81
Part Three-Geologic Engineering 90
3-1 Hydrogeology and Hydrodynamics 90
3-2 Soil Mechanics 103
3-3 Engineering Geologic Properties of Rock Materials 119
3-4 Instrumentation and Monitoring in Rock Masses 124
3-5 Geo-technology 142
Part Four-Building Structure ＆ Civil Engineering 147
4-1 Structural Materials 147
4-2 Mechanics of Materials 149
4-3 Loads and Structural Analysis 152
4-4 Loads and Design Process 167
4-5 Green Buildings 178
4-6 The Skyscraper 179
4-7 Making Architectural Judgements 181
4-8 The Legacy of Modernism in New Classicism 182
Part Five-Environmental Engineering 184
5-1 Food Production,Population Growth,and the Environment 184
5-2 The Greenhouse Effect and Ei Nino Phenomenon 187
5-3 Fluvial Processes 191
5-4 Trace Elements and Health 197
5-5 Contaminant Transport 204
5-6 Pollution and Contamination 218
References 229