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homeowner soil problems-- from landslides to expansive clays and wet basements
1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations
Chapter 1 Jack and Jill Do Their House on the Hill -- Chapter 2 There's Many a Slip: An Overview of Landslides -- Chapter 3 The Day the House Fell -- Chapter 4 Slopes Alive -- Chapter 5 How to Stop a Landslide -- Chapter 6 Archimedes, Buoyancy, and Quicksand -- Chapter 7 The Well in the Basement -- Chapter 8 Uncharitable Foundations -- Chapter 9 The No. 1 Foundation Problem, Expansive Clay -- Chapter 10 Getting Control of Expansive Clay -- Chapter 11 River Tales -- Chapter 12 Collapsible Soils and Sand Dunes -- Chapter 13 Glacial Action -- Chapter 14 Bedrock, Caverns, and Sinks -- Chapter 15 Mines and Landfills -- Chapter 16 It's a Gas -- Chapter 17 Frost Action -- Chapter 18 Walls Calling -- Chapter 19 Where the Action Is Compaction -- Chapter 20 The Final Shakedown: Earthquakes.
Richard L. Handy ; with drawings by Cybermouse, pH 7.