Education and professional recognition of engineering geologists and geological engineers in Canada and the United States

Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education and Training in Geo-Engineering Sciences: Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Geology and Rock Mechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 111-118

  Turner, A K ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; HYDROGEOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; ROCK MECHANICS; SOIL MECHANICS;

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM; ENGINEERING GEOLOGISTS; LEGAL REQUIREMENTS; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS; PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION; PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION; PUBLIC SAFETY; UNIVERSITY DEGREE;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 84860859557     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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