Engineering Geology Lab
Overview
This course will enable students to identify the minerals and rocks based on their inherent properties. It also enhances the knowledge about its uses in civil engineering and also educates the students in the interpretation of the geological maps related to civil engineering projects. Students will learn the concepts on dip and strike, thickness of geological formation related to foundation, tunnels, reservoirs and mining. Students will understand subsurface geological conditions through a geophysical techniques and watershed management. Around 400 rock and mineral specimens are there in this lab. The total area of the lab is 230 sq. Meters.
Laboratory Area: 103.74 Sq. Mts
Laboratory Expenditure: Rs 1,38,317.00
Major Equipments
| Equipment Name | Specifications |
|---|---|
| Igneous Rocks | Igneous rocks are those, which are formed by direct solidification of liquid rock or magma. They are thus called primary rocks. Magma has got viscous silicate melt with gases in the deeper part of the earth. This magma during its upward journey tries to penetrate to thin crust. During this process magma sometimes successful in coming out and sometimes they arrest themselves within the crust. |
| Sedimentary Rocks | Result when fragments of pre- existing rocks accumulate and are cemented together or by the precipitation of mineral crystals out of water solutions. |
| Metamorphic Rocks | Pre existing rocks are altered due to pressure and /or temperature and fluid activity. |
| Minerals | Naturally occurring substances, mostly in organic, that are characterized by a definite chemical composition and a definite atomic structure. Since Rock make up the earth is simply natural aggregates of minerals, a study of Minerals are of fundamental importance understands the elements of science of geology. |
| Models | Different models of faults, folds, unconformities etc. |
Laboratory Layout
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