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Engineering Geology

Subject
Subject code ERA025
Subject name Engineering Geology
Credit points 2 ECTS
Grading method Exam
Curriculum subject
Curriculum 2005 EI
Study year 4
Semester Fall semester
Subject type Mandatory
Subject loads
Lecture 20
Practice 4
General description
Geology subject. Internal and external forces of the Earth. Minerals, rocks. The geological ground of Estonia, surface. Natural resources in Estonia. Geological researches on a building site.
General aim
The course aims to provide the necessary knowledge of engineering geology, the processes, the generation of the soil and its properties.
Aim
Following the course acquirement the undergraduate must know rocks and its features and is able to perform simple geological researches on a building site.
Form description
Lectures, practical assignments, independent work. Synopsis. Examination
Literature
I.Arold j.t. Geoloogia alused. Tallinn 1987
E.Pirrus. Eesti geoloogia TTÜ Tallinn 2001
E. Pirrus. Maavarade geoloogia TTÜ Tallinn 2000
Replacement Subjects
ERA023 Engineering Geology, Soil Mechanics
Current rounds
None
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