該雜志自1963年出版以來，雙月刊，是具有國際權威性和發行量的三種主要巖土技術刊物之一。主題包括基礎、挖掘、土壤性質、水壩、堤防、斜坡、地球水文學的新發展、巖石工程、地球化學、廢物管理和污染物運輸、凍土、冰雪、近海土壤和地球統計學。

Published since 1963, this bimonthly journal is one of three leading geotechnical publications with an international authorship and circulation. Topics include foundations, excavations, soil properties, dams, embankments, slopes, new developments in geohydrology, rock engineering, geochemistry, waste management and contaminant transport, frozen soil, ice and snow, offshore soils, and geostatistics.