GLY 816
Advanced Engineering Geology
2
Course Description
Exploitation of building subsoils.
Course Outline
Exploitation of building subsoils; Open cuts and retaining walls; Foundation slopes and their stability; Engineering geological maps and their evaluation; Mining and tunneling - Theory and methods; Dams - types design and construction; Elements of a road pavement; Site investigation in engineering practice; Rock as a construction material; Laterite soils and black cotton soils - Distribution and nature; physical characteristics; chemistry and mineralogy; Structure and Engineering properties