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1 Advances in engineering geology in the UK 1950–2018
by James S. Griffiths Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology Volume ():qjegh April 1, 2019 © 2019 The Author(s). Published by The Geological Society of London. All rights reserved

2 Charles P. Berkey: Engineering Geologist (1867–1955) (image from the biography by Savage & Rhodes 1950). Charles P. Berkey: Engineering Geologist (1867–1955) (image from the biography by Savage & Rhodes 1950). James S. Griffiths Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 2019;qjegh © 2019 The Author(s). Published by The Geological Society of London. All rights reserved

3 Maleguica landslide in SE Spain.
Maleguica landslide in SE Spain. Image created by taking overlapping vertical images using a DJI Phantom 3 Professional drone. The images have been stitched together using AGISsoft Photoscan. Resolution is c. 20 cm (image produced by M. Stokes, SoGEES, University of Plymouth and used with permission). James S. Griffiths Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 2019;qjegh © 2019 The Author(s). Published by The Geological Society of London. All rights reserved

4 Maleguica landslide in SE Spain produced from publicly available Spanish Instituto Geografico Nacional LiDAR data; resolution for 1 pixel is 1 m horizontal (image produced by M. Stokes, SoGEES, University of Plymouth and used with permission). Maleguica landslide in SE Spain produced from publicly available Spanish Instituto Geografico Nacional LiDAR data; resolution for 1 pixel is 1 m horizontal (image produced by M. Stokes, SoGEES, University of Plymouth and used with permission). James S. Griffiths Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 2019;qjegh © 2019 The Author(s). Published by The Geological Society of London. All rights reserved

5 (a) Geomorphological map and (b) cross-section of the Binnel Bay landslide (reproduced from Griffiths et al. 2015, with permission from the Geological Society of London). (a) Geomorphological map and (b) cross-section of the Binnel Bay landslide (reproduced from Griffiths et al. 2015, with permission from the Geological Society of London). James S. Griffiths Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 2019;qjegh © 2019 The Author(s). Published by The Geological Society of London. All rights reserved

6 Comparison of logs obtained from various in situ tests obtained for a site in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam (from Hoang et al. 2016; open access paper and reproduced under creative commons license CC BY-NC-ND-4.0). Comparison of logs obtained from various in situ tests obtained for a site in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam (from Hoang et al. 2016; open access paper and reproduced under creative commons license CC BY-NC-ND-4.0). James S. Griffiths Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 2019;qjegh © 2019 The Author(s). Published by The Geological Society of London. All rights reserved

7 Venn diagram showing a client's choices for a site or ground investigation.
James S. Griffiths Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 2019;qjegh © 2019 The Author(s). Published by The Geological Society of London. All rights reserved


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