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A text for advanced undergraduates majoring in geological engineering, offering an in-depth quantitative approach with emphasis on the recognition and avoidance of geologic hazards. Focuses on geomorphological processes and quantitative problem solving, with exercises and answers and bandw photos. This second edition is updated to include analysis of recent geologic disasters including Hurricane Andrew and the Mississippi floods of 1993, and includes more material accessible to those with no geology background, for use as an introduction to applied geology for engineers. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR