2. I might be an engineer, but I LOVE geology

8. Example: Engineering in Different Types of Rocks

12. Dashed lines indicate proposed cut slopes, solid lines indicate bedding planes

14. Unconfined compressionTriaxial compression - gneissMohr’s circle- gneiss https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Bakken _Core.JPG/900px-Bakken_Core.JPG

16. Structural damage intensity for different height buildings related to depth of soil and fundamental period of soil. Tall buildings sustain maximum damage when constructed on long-period soil deposits (after Kehew, 2006) Increasing fundamental period of soil