Description
1. Introduction 2. Geology of Soft Rocks 3. Engineering of Soft Rocks 4. Sandstones: Nature, Properties and Geomechanical Behavior 5. Shales and Mudstones of Soft Rocks – Properties and Characteristics 6. Evaporitic Rocks: Geomechanical characteristics 7. Laboratory Testing of Soft Rocks 8. Site Investigation of Soft Rock Masses 9. Correlation of Properties of Soft Rocks 10. Geomechanical Classifications of Soft Rock Masses 11. Deformation Mechanism of Soft Rocks 12. Large Deformation Supporting Strategy 13. Supporting System Failure and its Control 14. Nonlinear Large Deformation Mechanics Design 15. Soft Rocks Properties and Behavior in Coal Mines 16. Soft Rocks in Mining Open Pit Slope Stability 17. Degradation Processes in Civil Slopes in Soft Rocks 18. Soft Rocks Properties and Behavior in Oil Exploration, 19. Soft Rocks in Tunneling 20. Soft Rocks in Dam Foundations and Dam Sites
