工程地质学,顾名思义,是地质科学的一个分支。它是运用地质学的基本理论和方法,研究、预测和评价与工程建筑事业有关的工程地质问题的一门独立的学科。这无论从其实质来讲,或者就术语学和逻辑学而论,都是不言而喻。在近十几年工程地质学的发展过程中,国外某些研究者提出了“Geotechnique”(或“Engineering Geotechnics”)一词。从目前对它的实际应用情况来看,它的涵义主要包括工程地质工作中的方法技术方面。它不包括工程地质学的整体,甚至并不能包括工程地质学的基本部分。作为工程地质学中方法技术这一个侧面来说,工程地质学的理论需要 Engineering geology, as the name suggests, is a branch of geosciences. It is an independent discipline that uses the basic theories and methods of geology to study, predict and evaluate engineering geological problems related to engineering and construction. This is self-evident both in its essence and in terminology and logic. During the development of engineering geology in recent ten years, some foreign researchers proposed the term “Geotechnique” (or “Engineering Geotechnics”). From the current actual application of it, its meaning mainly includes the aspects of method and technology in engineering geological work. It does not include the overall engineering geology, and can not even include the basic part of engineering geology. As a side of the method and technology in engineering geology, the theory of engineering geology needs