The United States Bureau of Reclamation has published Part 1 of its Earth Manual , Third Edition, available here for downloading . With 311 pages and 157 figures, the Earth Manual comprehensively covers the engineering of earthen structures.
Extensive bibliographies supplement each chapter.
An exhaustive index references and cross-references hundreds of terms in the book. Part 1, presenting the principles and theories of earth engineering, follows the 1990 publication of Part 2, Third Edition. Part 2 contains standard procedures for investigating and testing soil materials. The Government Printing Office sells Part 1 and Part 2 as hard-bound books. The Third Edition expands upon previous editions' treatments of drilling and remote sensing.