Syllabus academic year 2008/2009
(Created 2008-07-17.)
ENGINEERING GEOLOGYVTGA01

Higher education credits: 4. Grading scale: TH. Level: G1 (First level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. VTGA01 overlap following cours/es: VGT601, VTG040, VTGA05, VTG040 och VTGA05. Compulsory for: V1. Course coordinator: Conny Svensson, conny.svensson@tg.lth.se, Teknisk geologi. Assessment: Written examination and compulsory geological excursion. Home page: http://www.tg.lth.se/kurser.

Aim
The aim is to present basics of general geology, hydrogeology and enginering geology. The course has a scientific geological base but is also focusing on general engineering aspects and especially on civil and foundation engineering aspects.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

Contents
Lectures

Minerals, rocks and soils - genesis, occurence, composition, and properties from a civil engineering point of view. Stratification of quaternary glacial deposits and rock mass structures. Groundwater - genesis, occurence, flow and quality as a function of geological environment. Connection between landscape and morphology - genesis - material composition - properties. Introduction to field investigations, geological materials in the community and geology in civil engineering

Exercises

Exercises on soils, minerals and rocks; executed as self study exercises with only a limited access of teachers in a semipermanent geological collection available during the entire course. Geological map exercise.

Excursion

Geological excursion in Scania.

Literature
Svensson, C.: Kompendium i Teknisk Geologi. KFS 2008. As a supplement to the course literature, a documentary report of a geological field trip: "Conny Svenssons Ingenjörsgeologiska exkursion" is available for technology students via the Internet.