Valid for: 2015/16
Decided by: Education Board D
Date of Decision: 2015-04-16
Main field: Technology.
Compulsory for: V1
Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish
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
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
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 morphology, genesis, material composition, grain size and also soil and rock 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
Engineering geological excursion in Scania.
Grading scale: TH
Assessment: Written examination and compulsory engineering geological excursion.
The number of participants is limited to: No
The course overlaps following course/s: VTGA05, VTGF05, VGTA01
Course coordinator: Universitetsadjunkt Conny Svensson, Conny.Svensson@tg.lth.se
Course homepage: http://www.tg.lth.se/grundutbildning/kurser
Further information: In the time plan below excursion hours has been presented as laboratory hours (L). A teacher is available about 70 hours in the tutorial sample collection of the geolaboratory for learning discussions.