Application of earth sciences to the solution of civil engineering problems or geotechnics constitutes the subject of this book. The point of view is that of the engineer and the earth science particulary geology have been brought into the engineering pattern only when they have direct bearing upon the problems under discussion.
Tujuan dari studi ini adalah menganalisa dan mengkaitkan aspek-aspek sedimentologi, petrologi serta sifat geoteknik daripada fasies batuan dasar laut Kuarter yang diendapkan di dalam cekungan tektonik aktip di daerah Laut Banda.