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Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology

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Course Unit Code541-0484/09
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
MAR31prof. Ing. Marian Marschalko, Ph.D.
SCH0013doc. Mgr. Monika Ličbinská, Ph.D.
Summary
Basic HG terminology of water bearing rock environment. Hydrological
characteristics of drainage area. Geohydrodynamic systems. Groundwater regime.
Prospection and remediation of contaminated groundwater, prospection for
surface and underground waste repositoriy constructions.
EG characteristic of rocks and rock massives, genetic
typological classification . Mechanism of geodynamic processes origin and
development, prognosis and risk assessment. Methods and principles of EG
prospection design. Principles of EG zoning, general principles of construction
sites assessment.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The aim of the subject is to inform students with the knowledge of engineering geology and hydrogeology which to enable them to understand the substantive content of the subject to be able to apply it in practical activities of study discipline.
Course Contents
Engineering geological characteristics of rocks and rock massifs. Geodynamic processes - prognosis and risk assessment. EG survey methods. General principles and principles for the assessment of foundation conditions for ground and underground construction, reconstruction, protection of the devastated area. Prognosis interaction between rock and the object environment.
The water in the rock environment - the basic terms water bearing rock hydrogeological environment. Hydrological characteristics of the river basin - hydrological balance equation. Fundamentals of flow and accumulation of groundwater in the rock mass. Methods for identifying hydraulic parameters of water bearing rock environment. Geo hydrodynamic groundwater systems and their classification. Groundwater regime. Basic hydrochemi (aggressiveness of water). Methods of hydrogeological survey. Tasks applied geology with a focus on the needs civil engineering (drainage pits, linear structures, tunnels, etc.)
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
1. BELL, F. G.: Engineering geology. 2nd ed. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007. ISBN 9780750680776.
2. DOMENICO, P. A., SCHWARTZ, F. W.: Physical and chemical hydrogeology. New York: John Wiley, 1990, ISBN 0-471-50744-X.
1. MARSCHALKO, M., MÜLLEROVÁ, J., IDES, D.: Inženýrská geologie - výukový CD-ROM, výukové multimediální texty. 2002
2. MARSCHALKO, M., MÜLLEROVÁ, J.: Cvičení z inženýrské geologie. 1. vyd. Skriptum VŠB- TU Ostrava. 1999, 94 s. ISBN: 8070786647.
3. PAŠEK, J., MATULA, M.: Inženýrská geologie I., II., Česká Matice Technická - Technický Průvodce č. 76, Praha, 1995.
Recommended Reading:
1. PRICE, D. G.: Engineering geology: principles and practice. Berlin: Springer, c2009. ISBN 978-3-540-29249-4.
2. GOODMAN, R. E.: Engineering geology: rock in engineering construction. New York: J. Wiley, c1993. ISBN 978-0471544241.
1. MARSCHALKO, M., MÜLLEROVÁ, J., IDES, D.: Fond rozvoje vysokých škol, Vysoká škola báňská - Technická univerzita Ostrava, Dostupné z: .
2. MATULA, M.: Geológia v územnom plánovaní a výstavbe. Vydanie prvé. Bratislava, Príroda a.s. pre Ministerstvo životného prostredia SR, 1995, 224+16s. ISBN 80-07-00771-7.
3. HOMOLA V., GRMELA A.: Hydrogeologie 1. a 2. část skriptum VŠB, ES 1991.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Exercises evaluation and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        Exercises evaluationCredit33 17
        ExaminationExamination67 34