Syllabus academic year 2010/2011
(Created 2010-07-25.)
ENGINEERING GEOLOGYVTGA05
Credits: 5. Grading scale: TH. Cycle: G1 (First Cycle). Main field: Technology. Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. VTGA05 overlaps following cours/es: VTG040, VTGA01 and VTGF05. Compulsory for: W1. Course coordinator: Conny Svensson, conny.svensson@tg.lth.se, Engineering Geology. Assessment: Written examination and compulsory excursions. Home page: http://www.tg.lth.se/grundutbildning/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 environmental and ecological aspects including general engineering geology.

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 and properties. Stratification of quaternary glacial deposits and rock mass structures.

Connection between landscape morphology - genesis - material composition - properties.

Groundwater genesis, occurence, flow and quality as a function of geological environment.

Introduction to field investigations, geological materials in the urban and rural planning and construction processes and geology in civil engineering.

On the connection between geology and ecology, such as more mineral chemistry, weathering processes, soil horizon genesis, postglacial geological development and paleoecology.

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.

Groundwater exercise.

Excursions

1. Geological excursion in Scania

2. Geological-ecological excursion in Scania

Literature
Svensson, C. Kompendium i Teknisk Geologi. KFS 2010.
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.
Svensson, C. Geologi och ekologi - några synpunkter. Teknisk Geologi, LTH 2010.