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The Basics of Aggregates

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Authors:
  1. Manuel Bustillo Revuelta

    1. Faculty of Geology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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  • Offers a comprehensive and in-depth knowledge on aggregates, the most common natural resource in everyday's life
  • Equips the reader with practical information on aggregates, including testing and applications
  • Features a reader-friendly, uniform structure for easy reference and learning

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-20

  3. Properties and Testing

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    Pages 21-52

  4. Geological Occurrence

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    Pages 53-100

  5. Exploration and Evaluation of Deposits

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    Pages 101-142

  6. Extraction Methods

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    Pages 143-170

  7. Processing Techniques

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    Pages 171-224

  8. Environment and Sustainability

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    Pages 225-257

  9. Applications

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    Pages 259-304

  10. Recycled Aggregates

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    Pages 305-348
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About this book

Aggregates are among the most common natural resource used in everyday's life, having enhanced life quality. They are essential for construction, being utilized in nearly all residential, commercial, and industrial building construction and most public work projects such as roads, highways and bridges, railroad beds, dams, airports, tunnels, and many others. In the future, the rebuilding of deteriorated roads, highways, bridges, airports, seaports, and private and public buildings will require vast amounts of aggregate. Although it is almost impracticable to know the total amount of aggregates extracted every year globally, it is roughly estimated that annual aggregate production totals about 25 billion tons. Both developed and developing nations require extensive use of aggregates.
The book "The Basics of Aggregates" covers all topics related to utilizing this type of material, including the properties of aggregates, types of deposits, geological occurrence, exploration methodologies and extraction methods, and processing techniques as well as their main applications and the importance of recycled aggregates. It serves as a basic text on aggregates for natural sciences and provides information about the main aggregate materials comprehensively with extensive number of illustrations and equips students to handle the mining cycle of aggregates. It enhances the understanding of the different aggregate types, being interdisciplinary and practice-oriented. 


This textbook addresses bachelor and master students of geology and general earth science as well as students of engineering and environmental sciences. It is written for undergraduate and graduate students, researches and professionals alike.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Geology, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Manuel Bustillo Revuelta

About the author

​Manuel Bustillo Revuelta is a Professor at the Faculty of Geology, Complutense University of Madrid (Spain), teaching Mineral Resources, Industrial Rocks, and Construction Materials for more than 40 years. He has published numerous books about the topics mentioned before, already both in English and Spanish. Professor Bustillo has also collaborated with different mining companies.

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