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All undergraduate and postgraduate students of science and engineering faculties will be benefited by this book. It is meant for all undergraduate and postgraduate students of civil engineering science faculty and geology irrespective of their specializations. This book is based mainly on a course of lectures prepared to cover the syllabus of engineering geology course in Universities all over the country. The book will be useful for Civil Engineering students of other universities also. The engineering geology portion of the book also covers the engineering geology included in the B.Sc, M. Sc and M. Tech courses in geology and the book will meet the requirements of students of geology as far as engineering geology is concerned like practicing engineers who need a simple introduction to the principles of geology which are important from the point of view of engineering will get them in this book."
Preface
Syllabus
List of Figures
Chapter - 1 : INTRODUCTION
1.Geology
2.Scope of Engineering Geology
3.Origin of the Earth
4.Age of the Earth
5.Evolution of the Earth
6.Earth as a Planet
7.Palaeontology and Stratigraphy
8.Indian Geology
Chapter - 2 : PHYSICAL GEOLOGY
9.Weathering
10.Mass Movement
11.Work of Rivers
12.Groundwater
13.Glacial Action
14.Wind Action
15.Work of the Sea
16.Earthquakes
17.Volcanoes
18.Mountains
Chapter - 3 : MINERALOGY
19.Physical Properties of Minerals
20.Rockforming Minerals
21.Ore Minerals
22.Industrial Minerals
23.Economic Geology
Chapter - 4 : PETROLOGY
24.Igneous Rocks
25.Sedimentary Rocks
26.Metamorphic Rocks
Chapter - 5 : STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
27.Strike and Dip
28.Map Reading
29.Folds
30.Joints
31.Faults
32.Unconformity
Chapter - 6 : TECTONICS
33.Geotectonics
Chapter - 7 : ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
34.Geophysical Methods
35.Selection of Dams and Reservoir Sites
36.Tunnel
37.Road Materials / Building Stones
38.Bridges
39.Core Logging
40.Remote Sensing / GIS
41.Natural Hazards and Disasters
QUESTION PAPERS / QUESTION BANK
Set – I
Set – II
Set – III
Set – IV
Set – V
Set – VI
Set – VII
Set – VIII
Set – IX
Set – X
Bibliography
Index
