The course introduces the student to basic principles
of geosciences, geological hazards and their applications in civil
engineering. The first 4-week modules of this course will help the
student to have better understanding towards interior of the earth,
earth system and its process. The next 4 week modules will cover
geological hazards and environmental impact, active faults and its
related hazard in India, importance of geological structures in dams
and tunnels, fluvial geomorphology and ground water, tsunami,
landslide and flood hazard, mapping, monitoring and management of
hazards.
Week
Topics
1.
Introduction to Geosciences in Civil
Engineering,Introduction to Geosciences in Civil
Engineering,Plate Tectonics and Continental Drift,Plate
Tectonics and Continental Drift,Rock-forming Minerals
and their properties
2.
Rock-forming Minerals and their properties,Rock types and
their properties,Rock types and their properties,Rock
types and their properties,Rock types and their properties
3.
Seismology and the internal Structure of the
Earth,Seismology and the internal Structure of the
Earth,Geological Structure Geological
Structures,Geological Structures
4.
Introduction to Geological Hazards,Introduction to
Geological Hazards,Introduction to Geological Hazards,
Environmental impacts of Geological hazards,Environmental
impacts of Geological hazards
5.
Active faults and its related hazard in India,Active
faults and its related hazard in India,Active faults and
its related hazard in India,Active faults Mapping and
Applications,Active faults Mapping and Applications
6.
Tsunami and related hazard,Tsunami and related
hazard,Tsunami and related hazard,Landslide and
Subsidence,Landslide and Subsidence
7.
Landslide and Subsidence,Flood and related hazard,Flood
and related hazard,Flood and related hazard,Groundwater
8.
Applications of Earth Sciences in Civil
Engineering,Applications of Earth Sciences in Civil
Engineering,Civil Engineering applications – geological
considerations in Rivers,Civil Engineering applications –
geological considerations in Dams, Civil Engineering
applications – geological considerations in Tunnels
Basic knowledge of geology is recommended.
• Understanding Earth (5th edition) by Grotzinger, Jordan, Press and Siever, Freeman and Company. • Geology Applied to Engineering by Terry West, Prentice Hall. • Dynamic of Earth by Skinner and Porter • Structural Ge
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