GEO MOD 1 ABDF

It is the technical specialty that deals with soil and rock as supporting materials for structures. It deals with the various foundation types that work between the structure and the ground.

• Geology

• Structural Geology

• Geotechnical Engineering

• Engineering Geology

It is a basic science that is concerned with the study of the history of the Earth, the rocks of which it is composed and the changes that it has undergone or is undergoing. In short, this is the science of rocks and earth processes.

• Geology

• Structural Geology

• Geotechnical Engineering

• Engineering Geology

It deals with the application of geologic fundamentals to engineering.

• Geology

• Structural Geology

• Geotechnical Engineering

• Engineering Geology

It is the study of the ways in which rocks or sediments are arranged and deformed on the earth.

• Geology

• Structural Geology

• Geotechnical Engineering

• Engineering Geology

Rocks are formed from soil as it is acted upon by physical, chemical, and biological forces.

• True

• False

Rocks serve as parent material for natural soil formation.

• True

• False

"soil is any earthy material that can be removed with a spade, shovel or bulldozer and is the product of natural weathering. This soil includes gravel and sand deposits"

• Engineering Viewpoint

• Geological Viewpoint

• Pedological Viewpoint

"soil may be considered as the superficial unconsolidated mantle of disintegrated and decomposed rock material"

• Engineering Viewpoint

• Geological Viewpoint

• Pedological Viewpoint

"soil is the weathered transformation product of the outermost layer of the solid crust, differentiated into horizons varying in type and amounts of mineral and organic constituents, usually unconsolidated and of various depths"

• Engineering Viewpoint

• Geological Viewpoint

• Pedological Viewpoint

This is the most common rock classification system.

• geological origin and genesis

• rock mass strength

• weathering and environmental factors