Affiliation:
1. Atkins/SNC-Lavalin, Woodcote Grove, Ashley Road, Epsom KT18 5BW, UK
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.)
Publisher
Geological Society of London
Subject
Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous),Geology,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
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