WALTHAM, T. 2002. Foundations of Engineering Geology, 2nd ed. vi + 92 pp. London, New York: Spon Press. Price £45.00 (hard covers). ISBN 0 415 25449 3.

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This is an excellent book that will be invaluable not only as a textbook for students taking an engineering geology, geology or civil engineering course but also as a reference book/aide memoire in later years as they (and we more advanced practitioners) follow their careers. The relatively modest price for the hardback (£45) should be affordable by the meanest librarian and, at £13.99, the excellently priced paperback leaves no excuse for the most hard-pressed student to ignore this mine of information. Its great strength is its comprehensive coverage of the essential facts, techniques and data that form the core knowledge of engineering geology. Each topic is encompassed within a single or double A4 sheet, is well illustrated with clear black-and-white …