A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
This chapter provides a general overview of engineering geology. The Earth is a dynamic medium that changes and evolves through major events such as plate tectonics and earthquakes. Geologic time is a scale dividing the age of the Earth into five eras: Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Tertiary, and Quaternary. The Earth crust is 95% silica—and when silica cools, it hardens. This cooling creates the first kind of rocks: igneous rocks. Soils are created by the exposure of rocks to the weather. This weathering can be physical or chemical. Geologic maps are very useful to the geotechnical engineer when evaluating the large‐scale soil and rock environment to be dealt with in a project. Another important contribution of engineering geology to geotechnical engineering is a better understanding of how the groundwater is organized at a large scale.
This chapter provides a general overview of engineering geology. The Earth is a dynamic medium that changes and evolves through major events such as plate tectonics and earthquakes. Geologic time is a scale dividing the age of the Earth into five eras: Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Tertiary, and Quaternary. The Earth crust is 95% silica—and when silica cools, it hardens. This cooling creates the first kind of rocks: igneous rocks. Soils are created by the exposure of rocks to the weather. This weathering can be physical or chemical. Geologic maps are very useful to the geotechnical engineer when evaluating the large‐scale soil and rock environment to be dealt with in a project. Another important contribution of engineering geology to geotechnical engineering is a better understanding of how the groundwater is organized at a large scale.
Engineering Geology
Briaud, Jean‐Louis (author)
Geotechnical Engineering ; 81-90
2023-07-19
10 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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