Learning Outcomes
- Enhancement and homogenization of student's knowledge in specific scientific regions that constitute the primary knowledge basis for the respective postgraduate courses of the programme
- Familiarization of the certain students with the related scientific fields in order to ease the process of selecting the respective selective courses of the programme
Course Content (Syllabus)
Introduction to Geology – Stratigraphy – Tectonics. Classification and properties of rock masses and soils. Brief presentation of Greece’s Geology. Research methods of underground investigation. Technical review of geomaterials. Introduction to Rock Mechanics. Laboratory tests. Underground aquifer in Geomechanics. Ground subsidences (landslides – settlements). Methodology of geostationary checks. Practice exercises – projects (stratigraphy sections, structure mapping, interpretation of geological research tasks, slope stability)
Keywords
Geology, Stratigraphy, Soil Mechanics, Rock Mechanics