Shear Behavior of Composite Soils

This book has the purpose of developing an understanding of the factors determining and influencing the shear behavior of soils, with emphasis on composite soils, as they are the most encountered materials in geological and geotechnical engineering in mountainous areas. This objective is reached by examining the soil compressibility, structure of shear zone and its evolution, and water content of shear zone and shear mode of soils together with analyses of the influences of intrinsic properties. The book is aimed primarily at researchers in geological and geotechnical engineering, students of geology and soil science and practicing engineers faced with composite soils.