Unit information: Engineering Geology in 2008/09

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Unit name Engineering Geology
Unit code EASC30015
Credit points 10
Level of study H/6
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1B (weeks 7 - 12)
Unit director Dr. Brian Hawkins
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

Successful completion of the second year of a Single or Joint Honours Geology or Environmental Geoscience programme

Co-requisites

None

School/department School of Earth Sciences
Faculty Faculty of Science

Description including Unit Aims

Site investigation methods; soil consistency; superficial structures; methods of water exclusion and grouting; soil slope stability; rock slope stability; foundations; ground chemistry problems.