Engineering Geology

Type of study	Bachelor
Language of instruction	English
Code	541-0009/08
Abbreviation	IG
Course title	Engineering Geology
Credits	5
Coordinating department	Department of Geological Engineering
Course coordinator	prof. Ing. Marian Marschalko, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction - the importance, purpose and utilization.
2. Engineering and geological characteristics of rocks.
3. The criteria for specific and general classification.
4. Descriptive links between the physical and technological properties.
5. Principles of laboratory tests and evaluation.
6. The rock environments and IG characteristics: geological structure, discontinuity, stress.
7. The rock environments and IG characteristics: hydrogeology.
8. Geomorphology conditions - influence of behavior of rock mass and strength, deformation and stability properties.
9. Geodynamic phenomena and processes - a mechanism causes.
10. Principles of multi-purpose and special purpose IG maps - the importace, recovery.
11. General principles of assessment of foundation conditions.
12. A short summary of regional EG conditions in relation to geological structure.
13. Geomorphology, hydrogeology and anthropogenic activities.

Literature

BELL, F. G.: Engineering geology. 2nd ed. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007. ISBN 9780750680776
MARSCHALKO, M.: Engineering geology. VŠB - Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Institute of Geological Engineering, Ostrava, 2005.
GOODMAN, R. E.: Engineering geology: rock in engineering construction. New York: J. Wiley, 1993. .

Advised literature

PRICE, D. G.: Engineering geology: principles and practice. Berlin: Springer, 2009. ISBN 978-3-540-29249-4
MORISAWA, M.: Geomorphology and natural hazards: special issue 25th Binghamton Symposium in Geomorphology: August 1994. New York: Elsevier, 1994.

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