GP 519: Engineering and Groundwater Geology Lab

Syllabus​

Study of rocks for their mineralogical, textural, weathering and discontinuity aspects. Engineering properties of rocks, soils, clays and construction aggregates. Maps and numerical exercises. Instrumentation in engineering geology and hydrogeology. Geophysical Surveys resistivity, gravity and magnetic methods.

Texts/References

  • K.V.G.K. Gokhale, and D.M. Rao, Experiments in Engineering Geology, Tata McGraw Hill,1981
  • V.S. Vutukuri, R.D. Lama, and S.S. Saluja, Handbook of Mechanical Properties of Rocks, Trans Tech. S.A., Switzerland, Vol 1,2,3 & 4, 1974