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Course Catalog 00/01


Environmental Engineering

SBL604 Basic Geoscience 15.0 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Vt01

LANGUAGE:Swedish

EXAMINER
Lennart Widenfalk Bitr prof


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 and 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 LITERATURE


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Valid for the academic year 00/01.

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