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)

Physical Geology, Solar System

2

Internal and surficial processes

Topographic maps

 

3

Earth structure

Topographic profiles 

Earth's interior

4

Earth structure, Plate tectonics

Geomagnetic Field, Topographic profiles 

Gravity, Magnetics

5

Plate tectonics

Construction of topographic maps

Plate Tectonics I , Plate Tectonics II, Plate Tectonics III

6

Surficial processes - Geologic time

Construction of topographic maps

Geologic Time, Geologic Time Scale, Earth's History, Fossils

7

Minerals

Atoms, Elements and Minerals

8

Igneous rocks

Igneous rocks

 

9

Volcanoes

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