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Engineering Geology

Type of study Follow-up MasterBachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 541-0121/02
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. Components influencing the engineering geological environment conditions.
2. Engineering geological survey. Geomorphology.
3. Engineering geological characteristics and classification of rocks and rock massifs. Stress rock massifs.
4. Hydrogeological conditions. Geodynamic processes .
5. Processing of archival material Geofond CR needed in the engineering geological survey.
6. File special thematic maps and a selection of other maps used in engineering geological practice. Engineering geological maps .
7. The description and classification of rocks and soils by European standards.
8. Classification of rock excavation.
9. Approximate assessment of certain characteristics of soils.
10. Documentation of engineering geological wells.
11. The design of the engineering geological cross-sections.
12. Selected chemical analyzes of waters and soils for engineering geological purposes.
13. Creating final reports engineering geological survey.

Literature

BELL, F. G.: Engineering geology. 2nd ed. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007. ISBN 9780750680776
GOODMAN, R. E.: Engineering geology: rock in engineering construction. New York: J. Wiley, 1993. ISBN 978-0471544241 
WALTHAM, T.: Foundations of Engineering Geology. 3rd ed., CRC Press, 2009, 98 p. ISBN 9780203894538
CONDIE, K. C. Plate tectonics & crustal evolution. Elsevier, 2013.

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.
DAVIS, R. L.: Geotechnical Investigations. US Army Corps of Engineers, 2001.
VENKATRAMAIAH, C.: Geotechnical Engineering. New Age International Publishers, 2006. ISBN: 978-81-224-2338-9 
HUNT, R. E.: Geologic hazards: a field guide for geotechnical engineers. CRC Press, 2007.