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Course Catalog 1998/99


Environmental Engineering

SBL604 Basic Geoscience 15.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Vt99

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
L Widenfalk Univ lekt


PREREQUISITES
General

COURSE AIM
The aim of this course is to give a broad introduction to general geology and geophysics.

CONTENTS
General geology. Plate tectonics and the formation of the Earth. Mineralogy. Identification methods. Petrology. Diagnostic methods for rocks. Structural geology. Prequaternary och regional geology. Quaternary geology and soils Man and the geologic environment Geophysics Geochemistry Geodesy Field-work and excursions Geologic and geophysical mapping. Visits to mines, pits, dams and reclaimed areas.

TEACHING
Lectures will be given in Swedish.

EXAMINATION

COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, G, VG

ITEMS/CREDITS
Field work, geophysics 0.75ECTS
Written exam, geophysics 3.75ECTS
Field work, geology 0.75ECTS
Project report. geology 0.75ECTS
Identification of rocks and minerals 1.50ECTS
Written exam, geology 7.50ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE


Further information:

Valid for school year 1998/99.
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