Department
of Earth Science |
Northeastern
Illinois University
INTRODUCTION
TO GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
ESCI
340
Spring,
2007
Daily Objectives
#2 (January
11, 2007)
Dr. Sanders
By the end of
today's class, you should be able to do the following:
*
Make a list of the types of projects on which engineering geologists
and geotechnical engineers work.
* Respond
appropriately to the list of skills in
What
should you bring to this
course?
* List the eight
common rock-forming minerals mentioned in your textbook and describe
their properties and general
chemical composition.
(feldspars, quartz, ferromagnesian minerals, iron oxides, calcite,
dolomite, mica, and gypsum)
* Describe hand
samples of the common rock-forming minerals; give mineral names where
appropriate.
* Suggest why
some of the specific properties of these minerals might be of
importance to a geotechnical engineer.
* Name and give
concise definitions of the three major classes of rocks. For each
one, list subgroups and describe their formation and important
characteristics.
* Examining hand
samples of various types of rocks, construct reasonable hypotheses as
to how they formed; classify them according to your hypotheses.
* Suggest why
some of the specific properties of these rocks might be of importance
to a geotechnical engineer.
* Describe the importance of discontinuities (bedding
planes, schistocity, folds, joints,
and fractures in engineering analysis).
* Considering
the different goals and purposes of geologists and geotechnical
engineers, write definitions of "soil", "sediment", and "rock" that
would be suitable for each group.
* Describe the characteristics of six different environments of soil
formation mentioned in the textbook.
(residual, glacial, alluvial, lacustrine, aeolian,
and colluvial soils)
* Answer "Questions and Practice Problems", p. 32-33: Problems
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, and
"Comprehensive
Questions and Practice Problems", p. 45: Problems
2.13 through 2.19.
Department
of Earth Science | Northeastern
Illinois
University
© 2007 Laura L. Sanders. Last updated
January 11, 2007.