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56204 Regional Engineering Geology
Danish title: Regional ingeniørgeologi

Type: Language: DDD
Credit points: 5 point
Previous course: C5604
Offered by: Department of Geology and Geotechnical Engineering (IGG)
No credit points with: C5604
Prerequisite: 56002/C5602
Desirable: 56203/C5603. 56452/C5652, 56112,56222/C3522
Recommended semester: 7th - 9th semester
Examination: Approval of coursework (13 point scale )
Contact person: Arne Villumsen, IGG, Building 204, Tel. +45 4525 2165
Aim: To introduce the student to engineering geology problems in areas with geological conditions differing from those in Denmark. To qualify the student to sample, evaluate and present relevant geological information for engineering projects concerning houses, bridges, roads, tunnels, dams, reservoirs, harbours etc. abroad.
Contents: Hard rocks, their formation, classification and physical characteristics, structural geology, geological maps, soils abroad, weathering and diagenesis, engineering geological investigation methods, geological raw material and environmental problems associated with their exploitation, caverns, tunnels, reservoirs and dams, problems with slopes, earth-quakes, engineering geological rock classification.