Course No:   CE 242
Course Title:    Engineering Geosciences
2002 - 2003 IInd Semester

Instructor:  Dr. R.P. Singh, WLE 202
    House No.: 425
    Tel.: 7295 (Off.), 8201 (Res.)
    E-mail: ramesh@iitk.ac.in

Classes:             Lectures      MTW       12.00 - 13.00
                            Discussion    F               12.00 - 13.00
                            Lab              Tue            14.00 - 17.00

Weightage:
 

Exam	1st Mid Semester	20 %
	2nd Mid Semester	20%
	End Semester	35%
Quiz	nothing	15%
Lab	nothing	10%

Course content:

• Earth system
• Rocks and Minerals
• Engineering Classification of Rocks
• Internal structure of the Earth, Landforms
• Ground water
• Plate tectonics
• Seismology
• Earthquake
• Engineering properties
• Geophysical methods
• Remote sensing
• Deformations of the Earth and Geological materials
• Tectonic structures
• Dams
• Landslides
• Tunnels

•  F.G. Bells               Engineering in Rock Masses
•  P.V. Sharma           Geophysical Methods in Geology
• Skinner & Porter     Dynamic Earth
• P. Curran                 Basic Principles of Remote sensing

Lectures

    CE-242 (ppt)