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EASC 474: Rock as a Construction Material

Explorations for quarries and aggregates for concrete, roads and highways, runways and railways; Explosives and blasting; Physical properties and Chemical reaction on aggregates in Concrete mixes; Sulphides and Organic Substances in Concrete; Pozzolanic...

EASC 472: Site Investigations

Site mapping; Test pit excavations and Logs; Borehole layout; Drilling methods and equipment: Wash borings; Rotary and percussion drilling in Soils; Auger Borings; Disturbed and Undisturbed sampling; In-situ tests: Shear vane tests; Standard Penetration Tests...

EASC 471: Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems

This course is of two parts. Part I introduces the principles and concepts of Remote Sensing (RS): a sophisticated technology of earth observation, which provides fundamental data for global environment investigation. In this part, students are introduced to...

EASC 470: Communication and Entrepreneurship in the Earth Sciences

The course is divided into two parts. The purpose of Part I is to help students to communicate ideas better and to learn the skills of communicating geology. Topics include discussion and review of different kinds of geological publications such as theses,...

EASC 468: Reservoir Engineering

Basic petrophysical properties of reservoir rocks including porosity, permeability, fluid saturation, electrical conductivity, capillary pressure, and relative permeability; classification of oil and natural gas reservoirs; introduction to reserve estimation...

EASC 467: Geology of Civil Engineering Projects

Urban geology, engineering geology of dams and tunnels, building cracking evaluation, ground treatment: stabilization, dewatering, grouting and rock bolting. Role of engineering geologist during construction of roads, houses, dams, tunnels, etc. In depth...

EASC 466: Petroleum Reservoir Geophysics

The applications of geophysics in 2D and 3D mapping of geological structures. Reflection seismic acquisition. Seismic processing fundamentals and digital filtering. Interpretation of 2D and 3D seismic reflection data, including horizontal and vertical slices...

EASC 465: Micropalaeontology/Palynology

Foraminifera; Ostracods; Conodonts; Diatoms; Palynology: Definition of palynology. Some application of palynology. Pollen & Spore; Dinoflagellates; Acritarchs; Practicals: Method of preparation of microfossil.

EASC 464: Mining, Oil and Gas, and the Environment

Acid Mine Drainage; mineral resources in relation to renewable resources; environmental and health impacts of mineral extraction and processing; land degradation in relation to mining especially surface mining operations. Visits to mine sites to observe...

EASC 463: Basin Tectonics

Basins in their plate-tectonic setting. Lithosphere behaviour and the mechanisms of basin formation. Key features of extensional, compressional and strike-slip basins. Testing tectonic models by stratigraphic analysis. Facies architecture of basins including...

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