PAYMENT
UNIT – I
INTRODUCTION: IMPORTANCE OF GEOLOGY
FROM CIVIL ENGINEERING POINT OF VIEW.
BRIEF STUDY OF CASE HISTORIES OF
FAILURE OF SOME CIVIL ENGINEERING
CONSTRUCTIONS DUE TO GEOLOGICAL
DRAW BACKS. IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL
GEOLOGY, PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURAL
GEOLOGY. WEATHERING OF ROCKS: ITS
EFFECT OVER THE PROPERTIES OF ROCKS
IMPORTANCE OF WEATHERING WITH
REFERENCE TO DAMS, RESERVOIRS AND
TUNNELS WEATHERING OF
COMMON ROCK LIKE “GRANITE”