UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY -
FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Department
of Civil Engineering
Course: ENGINEERING GEOLOGY I - 3rd
Semester (Fall-Winter), Academic year: 1998-99
Instructor: Ioannis
Clapsopoulos, Ph.D., BSc.
Department of Geology
University of Athens, Greece (1986), Ph.D. University of Manchester, U.K.
(1991).
Contact: tel.: +30 24210-74891, fax: +30 24210-74851,
e-mail: clapsop@uth.gr
Web address: http://www.lib.uth.gr/clapsop/EngGeolen.htm
Office hours: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 12:00
- 2:00
Lecture hours: Monday 11:00 - 13:00, Tuesday
13:00 - 15:00
Course description: The objective of this course is to
provide an introduction to the study of the science of Geology with an
emphasis on the topics which affect the site investigation, design, and
construction processes of civil engineering projects. It also analyses the
most important of the earth’s interior and surface features, and the
processes that contributed to their formation. The course also includes
laboratory exercises designed to correlate with the respective lectures. |
Textbook:
Clapsopoulos, I., 1988. Introduction to Engineering Geology (in Greek), 3rd
ed., University of Thessaly, Department of Civil Engineering. Volos:
University of Thessaly Press. |
References (available
at the University Library)
Bell, F. G., 1993. Engineering
Geology. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific. |
Brown, G. C.,
Hawkesworth, C. J. and Wilson, R. C. L., 1992. Understanding the Earth. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press. |
Brown, G. C. And Musset,
A. E., 1993. The Inaccessible Earth, 2nd ed. London: Chapman
& Hall. |
Clapsopoulos, I., 1996. Introduction
to Engineering Geology (in Greek). University of Thessaly, Department of
Civil Engineering. |
Clapsopoulos, I., 1997. Introduction
to Engineering Geology (in Greek). 2nd ed., University of
Thessaly, Department of Civil Engineering. |
Dercourt, J., & Paquet, J.,
1985. Geology:
Principles and Methods. London: Graham & Trotman Ltd. |
Doyle, H., 1995. Seismology.
Chichester: John Wiley and Sons. |
Plummer, C. C., &
McGeary, D., 1993. Physical Geology, 6th ed. Dubuque: Wm. C.
Brown. |
Reiter, L., 1990. Earthquake
Hazard analysis. New York: Cloumbia University Press. |
Strahler, A. H., &
Strahler, A. N., 1994. Introducing Physical Geography. New York: John Wiley and Sons. |
Bates, R. C. and Jackson,
J. A. (eds), 1987. Glossary of Geology. USA: American Geological Institute.
|
Fairbridge, R. W. (ed),
1968. The Encyclopedia of Geomorphology. USA: Dowson Hutchinson & Ross.
|
Wyatt, A., (ed), 1986. Challinor’s
Dictionary of Geology, 6th edition. Cardiff: University of Wales
Press. |
Bulletin of the Geological
Society of America: 1998 -
Environmental Geology: 1994
-
Engineering Geology: 1996
-
Geoforum: 1994 -
Geological Magazine: 1998 -
Geology: 1997 -
Geology Today: 1998 -
Journal of Petrology: 1995
-
Journal of Hydrology: 1992
-
Quaterly Journal of
Engineering Geology: 1997 -
Soil Science: 1994 -
Soil Science Society of
America Journal: 1994 -
Water Resources Research: 1993
-
CABCD: 1990 - (CD-ROM
Library Network)
Ei Compendex: 1987 -
(CD-ROM Library Network)
SCHEDULE OF LECTURES AND
LABS - WWW LINKS
No. |
Lecture |
Lab |
WWW Links |
1 |
Introduction, Earth's
shape and external zones (spheres) |
— |
|
2 |
Internal and surficial
processes |
Topographic maps |
|
3 |
Earth structure |
Topographic
profiles |
|
4 |
Earth structure, Plate
tectonics |
Geomagnetic Field, Topographic profiles |
|
5 |
Plate tectonics |
Construction of
topographic maps |
|
6 |
Surficial processes -
Geologic time |
Construction of
topographic maps |
Geologic Time, Geologic Time Scale, Earth's History, Fossils |
7 |
Minerals |
— |
|
8 |
Igneous rocks |
Igneous rocks |
|
9 |
Volcanoes |
— |
|
10 |
Sedimentary rocks |
Sedimentary rocks |
|
11 |
Metamorphic rocks |
Metamorphic rocks |
|
12 |
Geologic strucures |
Geologic maps |
|
13 |
Geologic strucures |
Geologic maps |
|
14 |
Geologic strucures |
Relative geologic time |
|
15 |
Earthquakes |
Geologic maps |
|
16 |
Weathering, erosion,
soils |
Geologic maps |
|
17 |
Mass wasting |
Geologic maps |
|
18 |
Running water |
Drainage networks |
|
19 |
River geomorphology and
floods |
Drainage networks |
|
20 |
Groundwater |
Water table |
|
21 |
Groundwater |
Groundwater and
engineering projects |
|
22 |
Coasts and oceans |
Geologic maps |
|
23 |
Mineral resources |
Engineering Geology
Internet resources |
|
24 |
Mineral resources and the
environment |
Geologic maps |
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