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2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 434 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations |
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| Summary |
For this second edition of the highly successful 'Dredging: A Handbook for Engineers', Nick Bray and his co-authors have fully updated and expanded the book which covers all aspects of modern dredging including operating methods, outputs, costs, contracts and the impact on the environment. Planning and implementing dredging projects, including pre-contract works, is also well covered. The book is generously illustrated with line drawings, photographs and tables, and a useful bibliography appears at the end of each chapter. This definitive handbook will prove invaluable to engineers and managers alike, both as an initial introduction to this specialised topic and as a reference for years to come. New edition covers technical and legislative developments More types of dredger are included. |
| Contents |
Dredging Works and Their Control -- Introduction * Public relations and safety * Duties and responsibilities of the resident engineer * Contractor's viewpoint * Control instrumentation * Dredging and the Environment -- Introduction * The potential effects of dredging activities * Environmental investigations * Dredging plant and sediment resuspension * Pretreatment of Rock -- Introduction * Mechanical methods * Drilling and blasting * Surface blasting * Blasting coral * Contract documents of blasting work * Environmental factors * Safety and legislation * Dredging pre-treated rock * Index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Dredging.
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Dragage.
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dredging.
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Dredging
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Ausbaggerung
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Wasserbau
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Dragagem.
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| Added Author |
Bates, A. D.
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Land, J. M.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bray, R.N. (Richard Nicholas). Dredging. 2nd ed. London : Arnold, ©1997 0340545240 9780340545249 (DLC) 97100972 (OCoLC)36307987 |
| ISBN |
9780340545249 |
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0340545240 |
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047023587X (wiley) |
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9780470235874 (wiley) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000051860657 |
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DEBBG BV039832500 |
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DEBBG BV042316995 |
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DEBSZ 367747685 |
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NZ1 12434147 |
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