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CEC 108 Engineering Geology and Basic Soil Mechanics

ND1 levelEngineering & Technology23 topics

CEC 108 covers 23 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Nature and composition of the earth crust
  2. Rocks and minerals
  3. Sedimentary processes and erosion
  4. Soil deposits
  5. Earthquakes and plate tectonics
  6. Structural geology
  7. Geological maps interpretation
  8. Surface processes and weathering
  9. Geological factors in engineering projects
  10. Introduction to soil mechanics
  11. Soil classification and properties
  12. Soil classification tests
  13. Surface drainage and groundwater lowering
  14. Neutral and effective stresses
  15. Geological and petrological specimens
  16. Specific gravity of soils
  17. Sieve analysis
  18. Atterberg limits
  19. Identification of rocks, soils and minerals
  20. Structural geology identification
  21. Water content tests
  22. Grain size analysis
  23. Geological map exercises

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Nature and composition of the earth crust

The earth crust is the outermost solid shell of the planet, varying in thickness and composition from the continental crust to the oceanic crust. Understanding its layered structure, mineralogy, and the processes that form and modify it is essential for evaluating ground conditions, locating resources, and assessing geohazards in engineering geology.

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