Courses Handbook 2008

305360 (v.1) Geology 362 - Engineering Geology


Area: Department of Applied Geology
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 2.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x .5 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork: 1 x .5 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s): Substantial completion: of the second year of the geology program.
Syllabus: Properties and behaviour of rocks in mining and civil engineering, geohazards, significance of engineering geology to various environmental factors, in particular its application in mining, slope stability, underground excavation, waste disposal and underground storage, earthquakes and volcanic hazards.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 010700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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