GEOLOGY FOR ENGINEERS (GEOL 3002)
Fall
Semester 2003 – 11:30 am MW -- Dr. Brahana
Call Number
02333
Preliminary
Class Schedule--Subject to Revision
Class Reading
Assignment Homework
No. Date Topics
(Text chapters) Due
1 8/25 Introduction,
logistics, course requirements, relevance 1
2 8/27 Minerals 2
3 9/1 LABOR
DAY—NO CLASS SCHEDULED
4 9/3 Igneous
Rocks and Processes 3 PS-1
5
9/8 Sedimentary Rocks and Processes 4
6
9/10 Metamorphic Rocks and Processes 5
7 9/15 Rock
Cycle, Geologic Time, and Plate Tectonics 1,
9
8 9/17 Maps,
aerial photographs, and remote sensing PS-2
9 9/22 Weathering
and erosion 8
10 9/24 Soils
and engineering 7
11 9/29 EXAM #1
12 10/1 Rock
Mechanics 6
13 10/6 Rock
Mechanics; Tectonics, Structure, and the Earth’s Interior 10
14 10/8 Faulting,
jointing, and brittle deformation 10 PS-3
15
10/13 Earthquakes and Geophysics 18
16
10/15 Mass Wasting, Slope Stability and Subsidence 14
17 10/20 Engineering
Applications in Extreme Climates 12,
17
18 10/22 Case
Studies-Geologic Hazards with Engineering Applications
19 10/27 Geophysical
Techniques
20 10/29 EXAM #2
21 11/3 Review
exam 2; Surface water 11
22 11/5 Running water and river systems 11
23 11/10 Hydrogeology 15
24 11/12 Hydrogeology; Quantitative Assessment-Flow to Wells Handout
25 11/17 Surface-/Ground-Water
Interaction; Hydrographs PS-4
11/19 Subsurface
Contamination and Remediation 19
26 11/24 Coastal
Processes and Engineering 16 PS-5
27 11/26 FALL
BREAK—NO CLASS
28 12/1 Risk
assessment and models—prediction of human impacts on the earth
29 12/3 EXAM #3
30 12/8 Summary;
major concepts; final review questions and answers
31 12/17 FINAL EXAM (
Lab Lab
exercises will be provided on our web site
No. Date Topics
1 8/27-28 Minerals
2 9/3-4 Igneous,
Metamorphic, Sedimentary Rocks
3 9/10-11 Topographic
and Geologic Maps
4 9/17-18 Field
Trip—Engineering Geology of
5 9/24-25 Remote
Sensing and Structural Geology
6 10/1-2 Field
Trip—Hydrogeology of the
7 10/8-9 Physical
Models of Ground-Water Flow/Contamination
8 10/15-16 Laboratory Final Exam
EXAMS
AND GRADES
There are 3 scheduled hour exams, 1000 lab points, 5 problem sets worth
200 points each, and a comprehensive final. Unexcused absences during an exam
result in a 0 for that test. Each hour
exam is 1000 points, for a total of 3000 points from this source. You may choose to take your total from these
3 exams plus your lab score and problem sets score as your grade in the course,
and not take the final (for a total of 5000 points). If you choose to drop an hour exam, the
comprehensive final exam (1000 points) will be required. Your grade in this course will be based on
your two best hour exam scores plus your final exam plus your lab plus problem
sets, for a total of 5000 points. Your
numeric average will be computed by adding your total points, dividing this
number by the total possible points and multiplying the resulting fraction by
100%. Grade assignment will be as
follows:
A
– 90 to 100 %
B
– 80 to 89.9 %
C
– 70 to 79.9 %
D
– 60 to 69.9%
F
– less than 60%
CONTACTS
AND REFERENCES
Professor Van Brahana: 575-2570 Department
of Geosciences: 575-3355
114 Ozark Hall Textbook: West, 1995,
Geology Applied to Engineering
Office Hours:
email:
brahana@ uark.edu web: http//comp.uark.edu/~brahana
Lab
Instructor: Erik Pollock 41 Ozark Hall email:
epolloc@uark.edu Office
Hours: To be announced