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GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING matrix

 

 ?!                  GEOphysics                 soil
 -----------------|           -- Earthquake --- dynamics -|---  ENGINEERING
 Civil Engineering - Geoenvironmental                     |     PROPERTIES -|
 -----------------|           -- Cold region    ENGINEERING                 |
       Loading                -- Offshore       MATERIALS                   |
           Stability          -- Coastal       /         sand - noncohesive |
 Anchors        Reliability                  /  soil --| silt               |
 Earthwork           Engineering Geology \ /    |        clay - cohesive    |
 Stabilization    |--------------|       / \ Geomorphology                  |
 -----------------| GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING    |        sedimentary        |
 EARTH STRUCTURE  |--------------|              rock --| igneous            |
 BURIED STRUCTURE                soil        /      /    metamorphic        |
 RETAINING STRUCT.               mechanics        /                         |
 FOUNDATIONS      |---------------------|       gravel ------> CONSTRUCTION |
                  | Subsurface Analysis |                      aggregates   |
                  | Soils Testing  \----------  SOIL MODEL  ----------------|
 -----------      | Design ------------>|<------------------------- SOP
 Paper-trail      |---------------------|                            |
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 "blue prints"   <  R E P O R T  >   drilling logs , lab results , QA/QC