CONTENTS 



PART 1. BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SEDIMENTATION 



1. Dynamics of Sedimentation 3 



Parker D. Trash 



2. Origin of Soils 41 



Hans Jenny 



3. The Laws of Sediment Transportation 62 



H. A. Einstein and J. W. Johnson 



4. Geophysical Problems in Applied Sedimentation 72 



Roland F . Beers 



5. Principles of Soil Mechanics as Viewed by a Geologist 93 



Clifford A. Kaye 



6. Sedimentation and Ground Water 113 



Frank C. Foley 



PART 2. ENGINEERING PROBLEMS INVOLVING STRENGTH OF 



SEDIMENTS 



7. Sedimentation and Highway Engineering 127 



Arthur B. Cleaves 



8. Foundation Problems of Sedimentary Rocks 147 



Shatter S. Philbrick 



9. Foundations for Highway Bridges and Separation Structures on 



Unconsolidated Sediment _ 169 



C. H. Harned 



10. Earth Dams 181 



Thomas A. Middlebrooks 



11. Geologic Aspects of Soft-Ground Tunneling 193 



Karl Terzaghi 



12. Sedimentary Geology of the Alluvial Valley of the Lower Missis- 



sippi River and Its Influence on Foundation Problems 210 



W. J. Turnbull, E. L. Krinitzsky , and S. J. Johnson 



PART 3. APPLICATIONS OF PROCESSES OF SEDIMENTATION 



13. Relation of Landslides to Sedimentary Features 229 



D. J. Varnes 



14. Permafrost 247 



Robert F. Black 



15. Geology in Shore-Control Problems 276 



Martin A. Mason 



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