UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN Industrial-Geology
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester VI - Paper XII - Environmental Geology and Engineering Geology

Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Environmental Geology

Unit I

Introduction to Environmental Geology - Brief account of different energy systems - Short account of renewable and non-renewable resources.

Unit II

Mitigation and Disaster and remedial measures relating to natural hazards.

Unit III

Impact of wind on environment - environmental degradation due to mining and mineral processing - effects of urbanization on quality of surface waters and causes for groundwater pollution - Impacts of man on environment - Types of Pollution.

Engineering Geology

Unit IV

Role of engineering geology in civil construction and mining industry - Various stages of engineering geological investigation for civil engineering projects - Engineering properties of rocks.

Unit V

Dams and Reservoirs - Brief description of the following types: Earth dam, Concrete dam, Arch dam and Buttress dam - Tunnels - Geological consideration and description.

Aseismic design of building - Influence of geological conditions on foundation and design buildings - Earthquakes and seismicity - Seismic zones of India.

Books Recommended

Engineering Geology by Legget

Environmental Geoscience by AN. Strahler and AM. Strahier, Hamilton Publishing Co., Santa Barbara, 1973.

Environmental Geology by DR. Coates, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1981.

Environmental Geology by C.W. Montgomery, Wm.C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa, 1989.

Principles of Environmental Chemistry by H. Kothandaraman and Geetha Swaminathan, B.I. Publications Pvt. Ltd., 1997.

Principles of Engineering Geology by Krynine, D.H. and Judd, W.R., CBS edition, 1998.

Engineering Geology by Fox, C.S.

Rock engineering applications by Franklin, J.A and Dusscault.