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56204 Regional Engineering Geology
Danish title: Regional ingeniørgeologi

Type: Language: D
Credit points: 5 point
Previous course: C5604
Offered by: Department of Geology and Geotechnical Engineering (IGG)
No credit points with: C5604
Prerequisite: 56002
Desirable: 56203. 56452, 56112,56222
Recommended semester: 7th - 9th semester
Scope and form: Lectures, exercises, 8 days excursion to Slovakia
Examination: Evaluation of compulsory reports. (13 point scale )
Remarks: Price for excursion: Dkr. 1700
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.