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Highlight 8 – July 01 2009, The book Engineering Geology of the Earth was published twenty years ago.
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In our highlight nr. 3 we informed you that Prof. Bill Dearman passed away on 6th January 2009 at the age of 87. In a reaction to this sad news Valentina Shibakova from Russia reports us the following:
In May 1989 the IAEG book “Engineering Geology of the Earth” was published, edited by W.R.Dearman, E.M.Sergeev, and V.S.Shibakova.
In this book the engineering-geological peculiarities of our planet were characterized for the first time in a general way. It was shown that one and the same engineering-geological type of terrain might be found in different countries, on different continents, so that experience of the engineering-economic activity of man in one area can be transferred to another. The book includes the following subjects: classification of engineering-geological conditions of the Earth, engineering geology of permafrost zones, arid regions, characteristics of loess deposits, the tropical environment, the continental shelf, and the engineering geology of mountainous regions.
E.M. Sergeev and W.R. Dearman, in Moscow, 1986
The book was presented by O.L. White, President of IAEG, at the 28th IGC in Washington in July 1989. Looking back, I am happy to have been involved in the history of the creation of this IAEG Book and in the work with E.M. Sergeev, W.R. Dearman and some other outstanding scientists and personalities in the Association.
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