Any attempt to stop the settlement without making the proposed preliminary investigation would be an irresponsible gamble. Since I have witnessed many gambles of this kind I can state from personal experience that the savings associate with inadequate preliminary investigations are entirely out of proportion to the financial risks.”
  Karl Terzagi
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Prolouge Journal of Engineering Geology, a journey towards Golden Jubilee
Raju, M.
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Proem The “Golden” Journey of the Journal of Engineering Geology
Deva, Y.

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Paper 1 Durability of some pelitic rocks as construction aggregates in South-Eastern Nigeria: effects of petrogenesis and density
Ugwoke, Tochukwu A.S. and Okogbue, Celestine O.
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Paper 2 Geological analysis of tunnel excavations in AA flow from Deccan Trap basalt
Kshirsagar, L. K., Joshi, Rahul and Jadhav, P. B.
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Paper 3 Back analysis and numerical modelling of Paglajhora landslide, Darjeeling, India
Singh, Tarun and Rao, K.S.
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Paper 4 Wedge analysis for adverse geological reaches of pump house heading portion –a case study
Singh, Khilap, Rawat, D.S., Naithani, A.K., Rao, G. Srinivasa, Babu, R.N.S. and Ravindra Nath, K.
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