The day the house fell : homeowner soil problems-- from landslides to expansive clays and wet basements /
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Reston, Va. :
ASCE Press,
©1995.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.