SBP 224 - Urban & Environmental Geology

Course Objectives

1.The purpose is to assure that geologic factors affecting the site selection in urban and rural
areas.
2. To emphasize the role of environmental effects by manmade structure and interference to
nature

Course Description

Structure of Earth, Minerals, rocks, structural geology, engineering properties of rocks, geological maps and cross- sections, hydrogeology, geothermal and mineral waters, natural hazards (earthquake, mass movements), engineering geology ( buildings, dams, tunnels-metro, etc.), natural stones, environmental pollution, site selection.