Geol.634 Geological & Geophysical Investigations (3C.H)
Course Contents: Field investigation, testing, and monitoring for geotechnical and hazardous waste sites, including: drilling and sampling methods, sample logging (rock, rock cuttings, and soil), field testing methods, instrumentation, and trench logging. Projects include technical writing for investigations (reports, memos, proposals, workplans). Subsurface explorations, drilling sampling and in-situ testing, test pit excavation, trenching, geophysical surveys: seismic velocity profiling, Ground Penetrating Radar, Electromagnetic and resistivity surveys. Field logs.
Recommended books:
- Engineering Geology and Construction by Bell, F. G. (2004). CRC Press.
- Handbook of Geotechnical Investigation and Design Tables by Look, B. G. (2014). Taylor & Francis.
- Advances in Geophysics by Schmelzbach, C. (2018). Academic Press.
- Engineering Geophysics by Medhus, A. B., & Klinkby, L. (2022). CRC Press.