1. Letter from the President of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment

   Letter from the President Pages: 1 - 1

2. Editorial

   Pages: 2 - 2

3. Towards the prediction of rock excavation machine performance

   • H. J. R. Deketh
   • M. Alvarez Grima
   • P. N. W. Verhoef

   Original articles Pages: 3 - 15

4. Aspects of rock strength

   • A. B. Hawkins

   Original articles Pages: 17 - 30

5. Strain associated with failure in tension for a porous rock

   • N Passas
   • C. Butenuth
   • C Butenuth

   Original articles Pages: 31 - 40

6. Some special geotechnical properties of pumice deposits

   • L. Esposito
   • F. M. Guadagno

   Original articles Pages: 41 - 50

7. The effect of rainwater infiltration within a slope of pyroclastic deposits, recorded using automated electric prospecting

   • S. Yokota
   • T. Fukuda
   • H. Masaki

   Original articles Pages: 51 - 58

8. Debris slides of Varandh Ghat, west coast of India

   • R Nagarajan
   • M. V. Khire
   • M V Khire

   Original articles Pages: 59 - 63

9. Instability Phenomena in the Neogene Deposits of Northern Peloponnesus, Greece

   • G. Stournaras
   • G. Tsimpidis
   • R. Guillande

   Original articles Pages: 65 - 68

10. Détermination de la teneur en eau d'un milieu poreux non saturé en utilisant Time Domain Reflectometry

    • A. Cerepi
    • L. Humbert
    • P. Pouchan

    Original articles Pages: 69 - 78

11. Engineering geology of Stockholm, Sweden

    • L. Persson

    Original articles Pages: 79 - 90

12. Stabilising the leaning tower of Pisa

    • J. B. Burland
    • M. Jamiolkowski
    • C. Viggiani

    Original articles Pages: 91 - 99

13. Earthquake induced damage in an historic area: the September–October 1997 seismic sequence which affected Assisi, Central Italy

    • M. Del Prete
    • F. M. Guadagno
    • G. Scarascia-Mugnozza

    Original articles Pages: 101 - 109

14. Events

    Pages: 111 - 112