geotechnology


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geotechnology

(ˌdʒiːəʊtɛkˈnɒlədʒɪ)
n
the application of science and technology in order to utilize the earth's natural resources
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Geological scientists and engineers cover flood repair: the influence of water, dams and levees: influential infrastructure, classic geotechnology: influencing the state of the art, and hazards: reducing the influence.
Faculty of Mining, Ecology, Process Control and Geotechnology, Institute of Geo-sciences, Letna 9, 04001 Kosice, Slovak Republic
Since then, FHWA--now in formal partnership with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)--has conducted scans on subjects ranging from geotechnology to pedestrian-crossing technologies and intermodal transportation facilities.
of Doctoral School of Power Engineering and Geotechnology. Tallinn: Tallinn University of Technology, 2007.
The reports cover a number of transportation issues, including bridge design, geotechnology, safety, traffic, mad environmental, social, and economic issues.
Puppala, "Evaluation of pile bearing capacity from piezocone penetration test data in soft Jiangsu Quaternary clay deposits," Marine Georesources and Geotechnology, vol.
Geotechnology as "the most nature-oriented subject" at Tallinn University of Technology has been taught since the 1990s.
Aioutantis, K Komnitsas), In Advanced in Mineral Resources Managment and Environmental Geotechnology 2006--AMIREG 2006, Hania, Greece, 523-528.
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