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Geology for Engineers 2011 - 3A8

This page covers lectures and labs given by Dr Quentin Crowley and Dr Paul Byrne.  Contact Bruce Misstear (x2212) for details of the course covering hydrogeology.

Lectures

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, 10-11am, M17

Week Lectures Slide Sets Notes

Hilary term Week 1 (17/01/11)

Lecture 1     Planet Earth
Planet Earth
  Lecture 2     Minerals & Rocks (I)
   
  Lecture 3     Minerals & Rocks (II)
   
Hilary term Week 2 (24/01/11) Lecture 4     Minerals & Rocks (III)
   
  Lecture 5     Earth's mantle
    Earth's mantle
  Lecture 6    Continental Drift
   Continental drift & plate tectonics
Hilary term Week 3 (31/01/11) Lecture 7    Plate Tectonics
   
  Lecture 8    Geology of Ireland (I)
  
  Lecture 9    Geology of Ireland (II)  
Hilary term Week 4 (07/02/11) Lecture 10    Sedimentary basins 1
   
  Lecture 11     Sedimentary basins 2
    Sedimentary basins
  Lecture 12    Hydrocarbons Hydrocarbon generation & exploration
Hilary term Week 5 (14/02/11) Lecture 13     Volcanoes (I) Magma generation & volcanoes
  Lecture 14     Volcanoes (II)
   
Mount St Helens case study
  Lecture 15     Irish landscape
   "Tortoises & Hares" paper
Hilary term Week 6 (21/02/11) Lecture 16    Earthquake seismology
   Earthquake seismology
  Lecture 17    Earthquake prediction
   Earthquake prediction
  Lecture 18    Glaciers & glacial deposits
   
Hilary term Week 7 (28/02/11) READING WEEK – NO LECTURES    
   
Hilary term Week 8 (07/03/11) Lecture 19    Hydrogeology*
   
  Lecture 20    Hydrogeology*
   
  Lecture 21    Hydrogeology*
   
Hilary term Week 9 (14/03/11) Lecture 22     Hydrogeology*
  Lecture 23    Hydrogeology*
Hilary term Week 10 (21/03/11)

Lecture 24

   Hydrogeology*
 
  Lecture 25     The Solar System
Plate deformation (faults & folds)
  Lecture 26     Planetary Volcanism
 
  Lecture 27     Deformation of the plates    
Hilary term Week 11 (28/03/11) Lecture 28     Coastlines North Norfolk coast case study
  Lecture 29     Radon  
  Lecture 30    Natural Radiation  
Hilary term Week 12 (04/04/11) Lecture 31    Revision Lecture 1  
  Lecture 32    Revision Lecture 2  
  Lecture 33    Introduction to Killiney  

Practicals

Tuesday 2-5pm, Geology Main Lab

Hilary term Week 2 (25/01/11)    Practical 1 Rock Identification (I)
Hilary term Week 3 (01/02/11)    Practical 2 Rock Identification (II)
Hilary term Week 4 (08/02/11)    Practical 3 Geological Mapwork (I)
Hilary term Week 5 (15/02/11)    Practical 4 Geological Mapwork (II)

 

Field Trip

There will be a field trip to Killiney during Hilary term week 12 – date and time to be confirmed. Killiney handout

 

*Hydrogeology lectures will be given by Bruce Misstear. Timetable may differ for these lectures.


Last updated 11 April 2011 by nmcginle@tcd.ie.