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Geological data collection and input for engineering works. Engineering geology case studies. Elementary rock mechanics. Engineering and environmental geophysics. Landscape development processes and active tectonics.
Engineering geology is concerned primarily with site foundations, construction materials and active processes influencing landscape development, and aims to identify the geotechnical constraints to site usage for a particular civil engineering purpose. This course develops aspects of engineering geology that are particularly relevant to New Zealand conditions and assumes an elementary understanding of geological principles (such as that given in ENCI271).Topics include include site investigation techniques and practices, rock mechanics principles and practice, engineering and environmental geophysics, and engineering geology case studies. The course emphasises the geological rationale that underlies sound geotechnical practice, without requiring advancedmathematical or theoretical treatment of the subject matter.Field TripA compulsory five-day field trip to Otago with site visits including the Clyde, Manapouri and Upper Waitaki hydro-electric schemes during the last week of lecture break in April. Students may be required to pay approximately $165 towards the subsidised cost of travel and accomodation. An optional one-day field trip to the Castle Hill Basin - Arthurs Pass area, will be held during if numbers warrant.
ENCI271
This course involves 38 lectures + 30 lab hours + 5-day field trip
David Bell
Jarg Pettinga and Tim Davies
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Field TripA compulsory five-day field trip to Otago with site visits including the Clyde, Manapouri and Upper Waitaki hydro-electric schemes during the last week of lecture break in April. Students may be required to pay approximately $165 towards the subsidised cost of travel and accomodation. An optional one-day field trip to the Castle Hill Basin - Arthurs Pass area, will be held during if numbers warrant.
Domestic fee $690.00
International fee $2,417.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .