Observation, Quantification, and Judgment: Terzaghi and Engineering Geology
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume 117, Issue 11
Abstract
A review of Terzaghi's published and unpublished papers and notes made it possible to trace his way from geology over geotechnical engineering to engineering geology. Not only does this reflect his career, it also is the path which led him from observation to quantification to judgment and culminated in the integration of these three components in his concept of engineering geology and, specifically, in the observational method.
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Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
Volume 117 • Issue 11 • November 1991
Pages: 1772 - 1778
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