Department of Civil Engineeringcoretheory

GEOLOGY FOR ENGINEERS

CIE 4314

Syllabus

01Introduction
02Physical Geology: Origin of Earth, Interior structure of Earth, Seismology, Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, Tsunamis
03Introduction to minerals and rocks
04Engineering properties of important rocks
05Weathering of rocks
06Soil forming processes
07Landforms and processes associated with river, wind, and groundwater
08Structural Geology
09Groundwater
10Engineering Geology
11Landslides
12Remote Sensing

References

Parbin Singh, Engineering Geology, S.K. Kataria and Sons, New Delhi. 2002
Mukherjee P.K., A text book of Geology, World Press, Kolkata 2003
Venkata Reddy D., Engineering Geology for Civil Engineering, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi 1995

Credits Structure

3Lecture

0Tutorial

0Practical

3Total