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Mining & Mineral Exploration: Soil & Rock Mechanics

Reference Books

An Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering by Robert D. Holtz; William D. Kovacs; Thomas C. Sheahan
Call Number: TA 710 H564 2011
Craig's Soil Mechanics by R. F. Craig; Jonathan Knappett
Call Number: TA 710 C685 2012
Degree Problems in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering by B.K. Menzies and N.E. Simons
Call Number: TA 710 M466 1977
Engineering Rock Mass Classifications by Z. T. Bieniawski
Call Number: TN 260 B54 1989
Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics by John Conrad Jaeger; Neville G. W. Cook; Robert Zimmerman
Call Number: TA 706 J32 2007; also available as an eBook
Geotechnical Engineering by Donald P. Coduto; William A. Kitch; Man-Chu Ronald Yeung
Call Number: Reserves TA 705 C62 2011; TA 705 C62 1999
2011 edition available for 3 hour loan.
1999 edition available for 2 day loan.
Guidelines for Open Pit Slope Design by John Read
Call Number: TN 291 G85 2009; also available as eBook
Laboratory Testing of Soils, Rocks, and Aggregates by N. Sivakugan; Myint-Win Bo; A. Arulrajah
Call Number: TA 710 S537 2011

Practical Rock Engineering (2007) / Evert Hoek
available as an ebook

Problems in Engineering Soils
Call Number: TA 710 C36 1980
Rock mechanics: For Underground Mining by B. H. G. Brady; E. T. Brown
Call Number: TA 706 B73 2004
Rock Mechanics Design in Mining and Tunneling by Z. T. Bieniawski
Call Number: TN 275 B54 1984
Rock Slope Engineering by E. Hoek; J. W. Bray
Call Number: TA 706 H62 1981
Rock slope engineering: Civil and Mining by Duncan C. Wyllie; Christopher W. Mah
Call Number: TA 706 W98 2004
Soil Mechanics in Engineering Practice by Karl Terzaghi; Ralph B. Peck; Gholamreza Mesri
Call Number: TA 710 T39 1996
Support of Underground Excavations in Hard Rock by E. Hoek; P. K. Kaiser; W. F. Bawden
Call Number: TA 740 H66 2000
Underground Excavations in Rock by E. Hoek; E. T. Brown
Call Number: TA 740 H664 1980