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UNESCO-NIGERIA TECHNICAL &
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
REVITALISATION PROJECT-PHASE II
YEAR I- SEMESTER
THEORY
Version 1: December 2008
NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN
BUILDING TECHNOLOGY
GEOLOGY/ SOIL MECHNICS
COURSE CODE: CEC 108
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GEOLOGY / SOIL MECHNICS CEC 108
COURSE INDEX
WEEK 1. 1.0 SOIL MECHNICS AND GEOLOGY ----------------- 1
1.1Nature of Earth Crust ------------------------------------ 11.2Outer Zones of Earth ------------------------------------- 11.3The Crust and inner Zones of Earth -------------------- 21.4Minerals --------------------------------------------------- 21.5Physical Characteristic of Minerals ------------------- 31.6Rocks ------------------------------------------------------ 31.7Types of Rocks -------------------------------------------- 31.8Common Rock Forming Minerals ----------------------- 41.9Structure of Geology -------------------------------------- 51.10 Surface Processes ---------------------------------------- 61.11 Agent of Denudation ------------------------------------ 61.12 Types of Erosion ----------------------------------------- 71.13 Relevance of Engineering Geology to Civil Engineering
Structure --------------------------------------------------- 7
1.14 Surface Drainage and Ground Water Loweringi
( Dewatering ) in Soil ------------------------------------- 8
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1.15 Surface Drainage ---------------------------------------- 91.16 Types of Drainage --------------------------------------- 9
WEEK 2. 2.0 GROUND OF WATER LOWERING ( DEWATERING )
2.1 Cofferdam --------------------------------------------------- 10
2.2 Grouting ----------------------------------------------------- 10
2.3 Well point ---------------------------------------------------- 11
2.4 Neutral and Refractive Stress ----------------------------- 11
2.5 Important of Drainage -------------------------------------- 12
2.6 Isostasy ------------------------------------------------------- 12
2.7 Earth Quake -------------------------------------------------- 12
2.8 Tectonic Movement of Earth Quake ---------------------- 13
2.9 Effect of Earth Quake --------------------------------------- 13
WEEK 3. 3.0 GEOLOGICAL MAPS ------------------------------------- 14
3.1 Applying Scale ---------------------------------------------15- 16
3.2 A Little History --------------------------------------------17- 18
WEEK 4. 4.0 DENUDATION --------------------------------------------- 19
4.1 Types of Weathering ----------------------------------------19
4.1.1 What Causes Weathering -------------------------------19
4.2 What Does Erosion Do ------------------------------------20ii
4.3 How Fast Does The Soil Form --------------------------20
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WEEK 5. 5.0 GEOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE
STABILITY OF THE SLOPES , CUTTING AND
EMBANKMENT ----------------------------------------------- 21 - 22
5.1 Faults ------------------------------------------------------ 23
5.2 What are Joints ------------------------------------------ 24
5.3 Dike --------------------------------------------------- 25- 26
5.4 Geothermal Reservoir ------------------------------- 27- 28
WEEK 6. 6.0 SOIL MECHANICS ------------------------------------ 29
6.1 Soil Profile ----------------------------------------------- 29
6.2 Engineering Definition of Soil ------------------------ 29
6.3 Shaft for Sewer Constructed by Freezing ------------- 30
6.4 Irrigation and Power -----------------------------------31- 32
6.4.1. Dams --------------------------------------------------31 - 32
WEEK 7. 7.0 DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOIL --------------------- 33 - 36
WEEK 8. 8.0 SOIL AGGREGATE ------------------------------------37
8.1 Porosity --------------------------------------------------- 37
8.2 Moisture Content ---------------------------------------- 38
WEEK 9. 9.0 SURFACE DRAINAGE AND WELLS -------------- 39
iii9.1 Drainage Pattern -------------------------------------- 40-45
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WEEK 10. 10.0 GROUND WATER AND WELLS ----------------- 46 -48
10.1 Water Table -------------------------------------------- 49 - 53
WEEK 11. 11.0 USE OF SPRING AND PISTON ANALOGY TO
SUBSTANTIATE NEUTRAL AND EFFECTIVE
STRESSES ---------------------------------54 - 55
WEEK 12. 12.0 STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN SOIL DUE TO POINT
LOAD ------------------------------------ 56 - 57
12.1 Stress Distribution due to a Number of Point Loads ---58
WEEK 13. 13.0 CLAY SOIL ------------------------------------ 59 - 63
13.1 Mineralogical Study of Clay ------------------64 - 65
WEEK 14. 14.0 FORMATION OF TWO LAYER SOIL WITH TYPICAL
EXAMPLE LIKE KAOLINITE ------------------ 66
14.1 Clay Minerals ------------------------------------------ 67
WEEK 15 15.0 SOIL ------------------------------------------------- 68- 71
15.1 Relate Clay Mineralogy to Nigerian Soil --------- 72
15.2 Constituants of Soil ---------------------------73 - 74
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WEEK ONE ( 1 )1.0Soil Mechanics and Geology1.1 Nature of earth crust
Sourth AmericaOcean @ Crust
EquatorialIndenosia
CoreIndian ocean
Atlantic Ocean
The earth can be physically described as a ball of rock (crust or lithosphere) partly
covered by water (hydrosphere) and rapt in an envelop of air (atmosphere). To this (3)
physical zone, it is convenient to add biological zones (biosphere) which are in the outer
zones of earth.
1.2 OUTER ZONES OF EARTH
(1) THE ATMOSPHERE: - It is a layer of gases and vapour which envelopes the earth.
Geologically is important as the climate and weather.
(2) THE HYDROSPHERE:-These include all the natural water of the, ie oceans, seas,
lake, and river which cover about of the earth surfaces.
(3) BIOSPHERE: - This consists of great forest with countless swarms of animal and
insect.
(4) THE CRUST OR LITHOSPHERE: - Is the outer shell of the solid earth. It is made up
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of rock in great variety on the land it up most layer is commonly a blanket of soil or other
deposit ie, desert sand.
1.3 The crust and inner zones of the earth
-- The diagram in fig 1 shows the equation section through the earth.
-- The deep interior is called the core which has metallic properties and a very high
density.
-- The surrounding zone of heavy rocks is known as the mantle or substratum up to a
boundary surface about which the rocks have physical properties which are different
which of mantle.
-- The dominant rocks occurring in the crust fall into two contrasted groups.
I) A group of light rocks granite and related types and sediment such as sand stones and
shakes formerly and assemblish with an average specific density of about 2.7.
ii) A group of dark and heavy rock consisting mainly of basalt related types with density
about 2.8 3.0 known as basic rocks.
The continent, them selves have a varied relief of plains, plateaus and mountain ranges,
the last rising to a maximum high of 29028 feet above sea level which is known as mount
eve rest.
1.4 MINERIALS
These are natural in organics substance having composition and regular structure to be
which its crystalline form is related.
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1.5 PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIIC OF MINERALS
Some element e.g gold, copper, sulphur and carbon (diamond and graphite) make
minerals by them selves but most minerals are compound of two or more elements.
Oxygen is by far the most abundant element in the rock, silicon is the most abundant
element after oxygen, not surprising that silicon should be the most abundant of all
oxygen in familiar as quartz a common mineral which is specifically characteristics of
granite, sandstone and quartz veins.
In the earities of mineral veins, quartz can be found as clear transparent prisms.
Diamond and graphite (coal) are both crystalline form of carbon for responding to the
contrasted physical properties one been hard and lorilliant the other soft opaque and
flaky. The crystals of diamond and graphite have very different lattice structure.
1.6 ROCK
These are molten magma the erupts from the heated region of the molten or cooling a
solidify to massive rock substance.
These are form as a result of volcanic activity which are generated in the molten or
exceptionally heated region or the crust it self. Naturally not all the magma reaches the
surface and the new rock formed in the crust by the consolidation of such magma are the
example of what are called intrusive rock.
1.7 TYPES OF ROCKS
The geologist distinguishes between three basic types of rock.
(1) Igneous Rock;- These were formed when molting magmas from interior of the earth
erupt and are forced to the surface, increasing the earth surface, the magma cooled down
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to form a solid mass of crystal. The igneous rocks are therefore hard and massive.
Example of the rock is granite stone.
(2) Sedimentary Rock; - These are formed mainly by deposition under water in seas and
lakes. These are also formed by weathering and erosion or older mountain. Examples of
the rocks are chalk, lime stone, sand stone, and loose soil. Such as sand and gravel are
also described as sedimentary rocks.
Metamorphic Rock; - These are either igneous or sedimentary in origin whose
have
uttered as a result of intense pressure and physical change. Examples of the rocks
are slate, schist and gneiss.
1.8 Common Rock Forming Minerals
These take the form of chemical decomposition some or the entire mineral constituent of
the rock mass. For example carbon dioxide dissolve in water to form weak solution of
carbonic acid which will attack many of the carbon rock forming mineral or oxygen in
atmosphere and in rain will cause oxidation particularly of those rocks containing iron.
The among rock forming minerals, there chemical composition, there susceptibity to
chemical weathering and the principal soil product are as follow.
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Chemicaldecomposition
Susceptibility tochemical weathering
Principal soilproduct
Quartz Silicon dioxide Highly resistance Gravel, Sand siltparticles
Orthoclase Aluminum silicate ofpotassium
Clay mineralproduct of kaoliniteand illate group
Plagioclase Aluminum silicate ofsodium of calcium
Moderatelysusceptibility
Clay mineralparticles of motorikiothite and
illite group
Mica Aluminum silicate ofpotassium,
magnesium and iron
Hornblende Silicate principallyof magnesium
Avgite
1.9 STRUCTURE OF GEOLOGY
Joint; - these are fracture along which particularly no displacement of the rock support.
These are common feature in granite rock formation.
Dip & Strike; - The dip include both direction of the maximum slope dawn a bending
plane and the angle between maximum slope and the horizontal.
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Olivine Highly susceptible
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The strike of an incline bend is the direction of any horizontal link along the bending
plane with still water ground.
Folds; - These occurs when bucking, bending and contortion of rocks by a group of
complex processes involving fracture, sliding sherry and flowage
Thrust; - This occur when the resulting fraction is in clinked at an angle between 45%
and the horizontal.
1.10 Surface processes
Denudation;- This is the processes which act the crust at or very near its surface, as a
result of the movements and chemical activities of air, water, ice and living organisms.
1.11 Agent of Denudation
1) Wind;- Blowing over lands the wind comes with its dust and sand.
2) Rain & River;- Shower of rain sinks into the soil and promote the work of decay by
solution and by loosing the particles.
3) Glaciers (moving ice);- Water expand on freezing and through repeated alternation of
frost and thaw in water filled pores and cracks the rock are relentlessly broken.
4) Animals and organism;- Life also co-operates in the work of destruction the roots of
trees grown down into the crack and assist in splitting up the rocks, warms and burrowing
animals bring up the finer particles of soil to the surface, where they fall a ready prey to
wind and rain.
The production of rock waste by these various agents, partly by mechanical breaking and
partly by solution and chemical decay is described as weathering.
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Product Denudation;- Sands, dusts, rocks, minerals substance i.e. Tin, Diamond, coal etc.
Winds, river and glaciers, the agent that carry the product of rock waste are
known as transporting agent.
The destructive processes are due to the effects of the transporting agent are described as
erosion.
1.12 Types of Erosion
1) Rain Erosion;- The effect of rain water contribute to soil removal, but where the soil
has a strong cover of vegetation and particularly if it firmly bounds together by a mat of
interlacing grass roots it is well protected against rapid surface erosion.
2) Gully Erosion;- This is formed by large deep trench at the slope-end of hill side due to
high run-off result of high rainfall.
3) River Erosion;- This leads to hydraulic lifting and scouring cavitations.
4) Glacier Erosion;- this is limited to sub-glacier streams.
5) Wind Erosion;- Slowing off a fine sand.
6) Marine Erosion;- The effect of sea and ocean wave, tides and current.
1.13 RRELEVANCE OF ENGINEERING GEOLOGY TO CIVILENGINEERING STRUCTURE
These are carried out to select the best location for a project site and to aid in
formulating the preliminary design or the structure .i.e. Dam project, uniting e.t.c.
(1)Investigation;- This involve surface and deep surface investigation to collect rock( 2) sample, soil sample, inspection of rock curt and other excavations location of
construction materials.
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An important example is the construction of dam, reservoirs in which the following
information are needed for safety design.
(i) To ascertain bed of in fragmented rock base formation.
(ii) Remove of any pervious material within the dam length which might case failure .i.e.
(iii) Minimize sea page in soil by constructing curt off well.
(vi) Clay are normally used as materials for construction of a dams because of its relative
low rate of permeability.
In the case of tunnel construction, drilling of bore holes, are carried out which will reveal
various information as follows.
(1) Measurement of fracture and joint fomentation in rocks.
(2) Rock names and description of various engineering properties .i.e. attraction laying
and other geologic effects.
(3) Location and amount of water and gas in flow.
(4) Geological seismic method may be used to define the thickness of loosened rock
around the tunnel. This can also be used on the ground surface to define the approximate
depth of bed rock or various rock-layers.
1.14 SURFACE DRAINAGE AND GROUND WATER LOWERING(DEWATERING) IN SOIL
Depending on the modern of construction and their function drains can be classified as
surface and sub surface types, surface drains are usually shallow and are effective in
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disposing the surface run-off (storm or inigation).
Subsurface drains are depth and usually meant for the under drainage of infiltrating
water. The technique for dealing with the problem those results is depending on the
occupation dimensions the soil types and the ground water control requirements.
1.15 SURFACE DRAINAGE
For an effective drainage system to be carried the following investigation are needed.
(1) Topography; - The topography of the area will indicate the ridge and valley lines and
the direction of the natural surface run-off.
(2) The soil; - soil characteristics are vital to any form of drainage to be designed.
(2)Ground water information; - This will enable the designer to known the waterlogging
(3)areas and point of high water table.1.16 TYPES OF DRAINAGE
(1) Storm or inigation run-off follows the natural valley lines which can be easily found
the contour map of the areas.
(2) Open drains;-
These types of open drains are constructed at the side of road embankments.
(3) Close drains; - This consist of open-jointed pipes made of ultrified clay a of concrete.
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WEEK TWO ( 2 )
2.0 GROUND WATER LOWERING (DEWTEARING
The following method are used to lower the ground water (dewater) on sites.
(1) Caissons method; - This involve excavation form within the permanent impervious
structures. The structure is either built in place if the site in an land or floated into
position if the site is in water the structure or partial structure is in position, excavation
form within begins. As excavation proceeds the structure sinks due to its own weight, that
may be added, and the process is continued until final foundation elevation is reached.
2.1 COFFERDAMS; - These are structure build in place to exclude water and earthfrom
an excavation. In those instances where the distance across the excavation is sufficiently
small to permit internal bracing, single-walled coffer dam construction is used. These are
normally used for bridge pier foundations.
Slurry French method; - The method involves construction an imperious bonier beneath
the ground surface. As excavation for the wall is progressing, the material removed: the
slurry is sufficient to support the excavation walls. When the excavation has been
competed concrete placement proceeds by the tremor method from the button to the top
of the excavation the slurry displaced by this by this operation is collected for reuse.
When the concrete has ared. The construction site is enclosed within a rigid impervious
barrier.
2.2 Grouting; - These are used in permanent work to construction offs for ground waterand
sometimes have been employed as construction aids in dewatering. The processes involve
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injection of chemical or cement grounds into the voids of pervious soil when these
ground solidify, they form an impervious barrier. The success of the operation will
depend on the distribution of the ground injection.
Open sumps; - This is sample and cheap are can be carried onto with very planning. It is
well suited to some situation .i.e. types of soils; in cohesive soil supping method work
best these are soils that are nearly impervious.
The procedure above illustrates the button of an excavation area which is graded to drain
to a central location where pumps are installed.
Cohesion less soil; - are usually of sufficiently high permeability that the success of a
supping operation will depend on the acceptability of comparatively large pumped
capacities and certain problem that may arise from movement of soil particle to the
sumps.
2.3 Well point; - A well point dewatering system consist of a series of closed spacedsmall-
diameter well drain to shallow depts. These wells are connected to a pipe or header that
the excavation and that is attached to a vacuum pump.
2.4 NEUTRAL AND RFFRCTIVE STRESS
At any horizontal section dept Z in a soil profile, the total douched pressure is due to the
weight. Soil above the section.Resistance to this pressure is provided, partly be the soil
grains (which is the effective stress) and if the section is below the water table partly by
the upward pressure of the water, which is the neutral stress or pure water pressure.
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112.5 IMPORTANT OF DRAINAGE
(1) To prevent water logged area.
(2) This on able construction activities to be carried out with ease.
(3) To prevent destruction of structure .i.e. roads, buildings etc.
(4) Effective use of the land area.
2.6 ISOSTASY
When a mountain range is cured into peaks and valleys and gradually worm down by the
agents of denudation, reduced by the weight of the rock-waste that has been carried away.
At the same time a neighboring column under laying a region of delta and sea floor where
the rocks waste is being deposited receive a correspond in crease of load, unless a
compensating transfer of material occurs in depth, the two columns can be remain in
isostalic equilibrium. At the base of the crust the pressure exerted by the banded column
is increase, while that exerted by the un banded column is decrease. In response to this
pressure difference in the mantle a slow migration of material in set going which leads to
the loaded column to sick and the un banded column to rise. This process is referred to as
isostalic readjustment.
2.7 EARTH QUAKE
When a stone is thrown into pool of water, a series of waves spreads through the water in
all directions similarly when rocks are suddenly disturbed, vibration. Spread out in all
direction of the source of the disturbance. There fore an earthquake is the passage of
these vibrations. Those are set up in solid bodies by the scraping together of two rough
blow or rupture surface. Corresponding cause of earth quake in the earth is crust volcanic
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12explosion, the initiation of faults and the movement of rock along fault planes.
2.8 Tectonic movement of earth quake
Is the building up of stresses in rock until they are strained to breaking point, when they
suddenly rupture and more generally along fault.
2.9 Effect of earth quake
One of the most alarming features of a great earthquake experienced on land near the
place of origin to the passage of ground land waves which are thrown the surface in to
ever changing undulation which lead to destruction of:
(a) Structure builds across a fault.
(b) Water pipes and gas pipes are cracked open as well as road.
(c) Railways are buckled and twisted bridge collapse and building crash to the ground.
(d) Glaciers are shattered and where they terminate and break off in the sea ice beings
because unusually abundant.
(e) Ground water its circulation may be greatly disturbed in other ways by earthquakes.
(f) Loss of human life as a result of collapse of building in highly populated areas.
Continental Drift and ocean .
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WEEK THREE ( 3 )
3.0 Geological maps
Topographic Map
In addition to showing general locations and political boundaries, topographic maps depict the geology and
special features of an area. This type of map offers many advantages. For instance, most backpackers use
topographic maps to navigate through wilderness, planning their routes with obstacles and landmarks in
mind. If they should get lost, they can find their bearings again by aligning their map and compass to a
prominent feature observed nearby. A key on each map indicates the distance scales and special symbols
(for features such as railroads, schools, airstrips and water towers) used to create it. Generally, the green
on a topographic map indicates forest or vegetation, while the white areas indicate areas that are bare of
growth. Series of brown lines indicate mountains and hills, showing elevation and relative steepness. Each
line represents a specific unit of elevation; where the lines are very close together, the terrain is quite
steep.
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3.I. Applying a scale
Example: Bernard wants to make a plan of his bedroom; it is rectangular and is 5 m long
and 2.50 m wide.
He decides to divide the real dimensions by 20:
5 m = 500 cm and 500 cm 20 = 25 cm; 2.5 m = 250 cm and 250 20 = 12.5 cm.
So he draws a rectangle with a length of 25 cm and a width of 12.5 cm.
This rectangle is a plan of his room to the scale of .
Note: The dimensions of the plan are the real dimensions multiplied by the scale factor of
; in fact: and ;
the dimensions of the plan are proportional to the real dimensions; the scale factor is
.Definition: On a map (or a plan), the dimensions are equal to the real dimensions
multiplied by the same numbere. The numbere is called the map scale.
IfD is a real distance that is represented on the map by a distance d, then
D e = d(the distances must be expressed in the same unit).
II. Calculating a scale
Example 1: What is the scale e of the architectural plan mentioned in the introduction
(12 meters represented by 48 centimeters)?
So:D = 12 m = 1,200 cm and d= 48 cm.
So: 1,200 e = 48, or (simplifying by 48).
The scale of the plan is equal to .
Note: ; we can also say that the scale factor is equal to 0.04, but it is usual, where15
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possible, to write the scale as a fraction with a numerator of 1 when the scale is less than1.
Example 2: On a road map, a straight road 1 kilometer (km) long is represented by 1 cm.
What is the scale of this map?
So:D = 1 km = 100,000 cm and d= 1 cm. We can call the scale of the map e.
So: 100,000 e = 1, or .
The scale of the map is equal to .
Example 3: Using a microscope, you photograph a paramecium that is 0.2 millimeters
(mm) long. On the photograph, the paramecium is 10 cm long. What is the scale of this
photograph?
So:D = 10 cm = 100 mm and d= 0.2 mm. We can call the scale of the photograph e.
So: 0.2 e = 100, ore = 100 0.2 = 500.
The scale of the photograph is equal to 500.
Note: In this example, the photograph is an enlargement; this is because the scale is
greater than 1.
III Using a scale
A. Example 1: calculating a real distance
Look again at the second example given in the introduction. What is the distance that
Peter must cover (the distance represented by 5 cm on a map with a scale of ?
We apply the formulaD e = d, with and d= 5 cm.
So: , orD = 5 25,000 = 125,000.Therefore D = 125,000 cm = 1.25 km.Peter must cover 1.25 km.
B. Example 2: calculating a reduced length
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On the same map, how is a path 750 m long represented?
We apply the formulaD e = d, with and D = 750 m.
So: , therefore d = 0.03 m = 3 cm.
On the map with a scale of , a path 750 m long is represented by 3 cm.
I. What is a scale?
A. Examples and definition
On a map drawn to the scale of , the distances are 10,000,000 times smaller than thereal distances.
To draw it, the real distances are multiplied by , which is the same as dividing themby 10,000,000.In the same way, on a reproduction of an insect to the scale of 15, the insect isrepresented 15 times larger than in reality. To draw it, the real dimensions of the insectare multiplied by 15.Definition: The scale of a reproduction is the number by which the real dimensions aremultiplied.Note:A scale factor is always a positive number;the scaled measurements are proportional to the measurements in reality;usually, a reducing scale is written as a fraction, but it does not have to be; so the scale
can also be written in decimal format as 0.0000001.
3.2 . A little history
The first map of the whole kingdom of France was created at the request of Louis XV,who was impressed by the mapmaking carried out in Flanders. Csar-Franois Cassini deThury, also known as Cassini III, was asked to complete this map on a scale of 1/86,400.The map was based on the grid network created between 1683 and 1744 by his father andgrandfather.The survey began in 1760 and was completed by his son Jacques Dominique Cassini in
1789. The publication of the maps was delayed by the French Revolution and was notcompleted until 1815. Four generations of Cassinis were devoted to the creation of thismap, which was used as a reference by the cartographers of the principal Europeannations throughout the first half of the 19th century.
II. How is a scale used?
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A. If the scale is given by a number
Go back to the example of the map created to the scale of .To draw this, the real distancesfor example the distance from Paris to Rome as the
crow fliesare all multiplied by the same number, here .The distance between Paris and Rome as the crow flies is around 1,200 kilometers (km).The two towns are therefore 0.00012 km apart on the map (since1,200 0.0000001 = 0.00012). This distance is expressed in kilometers, which is not avery convenient unit to use for a map; converting it into centimeters, it is 12 cm.In the case of the reproduction of an insect, the real dimensions (for example, the lengthof a leg) are all multiplied by the same number: 15. A leg that actually measures 5millimeters (mm) will measure 75 mm on the drawing, that is, 7.5 cm (15 5 = 75).
B. If the scale is given by a comparison of two lengths
For some maps and plans, the scale is given like this: 1 cm to 25 km, or 1 cm to 350meters (m), etc.In the first case, 25 km on the ground is represented by 1 cm on the map. So, if somethingmeasures 10 cm on the map, the distance on the ground will be 250 km (10 25 = 250).In general, ifn is a positive number, a distance ofn cm on the map represents a realdistance of 25 n km on the ground.
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WEEK FOUR ( 4 )
4.0 Denudation;
Leaving the parched grassland of white-owned farms, we crossed into the
homelandand total denudation. Most of the cattle had starved long ago; even the land's
few goats were gaunt. I stopped at Thoma, a dusty village of thatch-roofed rondavels and
empty cattle kraals, and talked with Mphephu Shibambu, mother of five.
4.1 Types of weathering;
Most soils begin to form when big rocks break up. The breaking up of rocks is called
weathering. Weathering makes pieces of rock smaller and smaller. There are two kinds of
weathering, physical weathering and chemical weathering. After weathering breaks up
rocks, a process called erosion spreads the broken bits about.
4.1.1.WHAT CAUSES WEATHERING?
Most physical weathering is caused by ice. Ice is frozen water, and water expands when it
freezes. Freezing water makes a powerful force. When water seeps into cracks in rocks
and freezes, it can split the rock apart. Strong winds and growing tree roots can also break
up rocks.
Water causes most chemical weathering. Chemical weathering changes the materials that
make up rocks. Rain pours down on rocks, rivers flow over rocks, and waves pound rocks
along beaches. The water takes certain minerals out of rocks. For example, grains of sand
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form after water takes a mineral called feldspar out of granite rock.
4.2 WHAT DOES EROSION DO?
Erosion also makes soil. Erosion can help break up rocks, but it mainly moves weathered
rock. Water, wind, and glaciers cause erosion. Wind or water can wear away rock on a
hillside. Water moves the eroded rock down the hill. Wind blows dust away. Glaciers are
big sheets of ice that move over land. The moving ice grinds up and carries the rocks
below it.
4.3 HOW FAST DOES SOIL FORM?
Most soils form very slowly. It can take as long as a million years for weathering to break
down some rocks.
Chemical weathering works faster in warm, wet climates than in cool, dry climates. Also,
plant and animal parts decay and make humus faster. Soils that form in warm, wet
climates are usually better for growing plants. Physical weathering is the main type of
weathering in cool, dry climates.
Most soils begin to form when big rocks break up. The breaking up of rocks is called
weathering. Weathering makes pieces of rock smaller and smaller. There are two kinds of
weathering, physical weathering and chemical weathering. After weathering breaks up
rocks, a process called erosion spreads the broken bits about.
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5.0 Geological Factors affecting the stability of slopes cutting and
embankment.
Although nonscientists were distressed at the inability of geologists and volcanologists to
predict these events, forecasting eruptions of stratospheric volcanoes like Mount St.
Helens is quite different from forecasting eruptions of midocean shield volcanoes, like
Kilauea on the island of Hawaii. The latter type produce a very hot and highly fluid lava,
whose path to the surface can be monitored by the measurement of earthquake activity
and ground tilting, that is, changes in the slope of the ground caused by the penetration of
molten rock from below. In volcanoes like Mount St. Helens, a sluggish, thicker lava,
moving slowly toward the surface, plugs the throat of the volcano and effectively bottles
up all the gases from below, until the resulting pressure is released in an explosion
The Caribbean coast and eastern mountain slopes generally receive twice as much annual
Pacific slope is due to the presence of cold stable air caused by the cold California
Current. This current, much like the Peru, or Humboldt, Current along the Peruvian coast,
chills the air, thus preventing it from absorbing much water vapor and reducing the
possibilities for precipitation. In contrast, the effects of the warm water of the Caribbean
Sea allow the air to absorb abundant moisture, which is then carried by the prevailing
easterly winds. Much condensation and rainfall occur as the winds flow up and over the
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high slopes of Central America. Rainfall is greatest along the Mosquito Coast of
easternmost NicaraguaSan Juan del Norte receives about 6,350 mm (about 250 in) of
rain per year.
Sledding Down a Snowy Slope
Three friends enjoy a sled ride down a snowy slope in the
Austrian Alps. The Alps are home to many winter resorts.
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5.1 Faults;
Plates that slide past each other make breaks in the crust called faults. The edges of
sliding plates can get stuck together. The plates keep trying to move, and pressure builds
up. Suddenly, the plates break free. Plates that move suddenly can cause an earthquake.
The ground shakes. Earthquakes can damage houses and other buildings.
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Where Earths tectonic plates collide, great cracks called
faults are formed. The San Andreas Fault in California
marks where the North American and Pacific plates come
together.
5.2 WHAT ARE JOINTS?
Joints are the places where two or more bones meet. Most bones are tied together at joints
by tough bands called ligaments.
Different kinds of joints let you move in different ways. Move your lower arm up and
down. Keep your upper arm still. The joint that joins your upper and lower arm is called
the elbow. Your elbow works like a hinge. It lets you move your lower arm, but only up
and down. Now swing your arm all around from your shoulder. A joint in your shoulder
called a ball-and-socket joint lets you move your arm in many directions.
Your skull is made of many bones that do not move. They are held together in one solid
piece by suture joints.
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5.3 Dike (geology), in geology, wall-like intrusion of igneous rock, cutting acrossother strata
of preexisting rocks, originally formed by a flow of molten rock into a fissure in which it
cooled and solidified. A dike may range from a few centimeters to thousands of meters
thick and from a few meters to many kilometers long. Frequently the rock material of the
dike is harder than the surrounding rocks, and as a result it may be left standing by itself
after the neighboring rock has weathered away. Similar intrusions of igneous rock that lie
parallel to the enclosing layers are known as sills.
Levee, embankment along the course of a river. Natural levees are low banks that are
produced by the river during floods when the overflowing of the river decreases the speed
of the water and permits the deposit of silt. Artificial levees are considerably higher than
natural ones and protect the surrounding countryside from floods. Levees are, in general,
similar to the protective dikes in the Netherlands that prevent flooding by the sea.
On a large river such as the Mississippi, floods cannot be controlled by levees alone
because the waters rise to heights that would overwhelm any embankment. Levees are,
however, used to protect portions of the riverbank areas, such as cities and towns, that
have a high economic value. The floodwaters are allowed to flow through breaks in the
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levees over land of low value and are drained off through supplementary channels that
are sometimes equipped with secondary levees
Kariba Dam
The Kariba Dam lies along the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The facility controls flooding and
supplies hydroelectric power to both countries. A public road traces the rim of the dam, between reservoir
Lake Kariba and the drop to the Zambezi River. The distinct arch shape distributes pressure evenly on the
overall structure of the dam.
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5.4 Geothermal reservoir;
In certain areas, water seeping down through cracks and fissures in the crust comes in
contact with this hot rock and is heated to high temperatures. Some of this heated water
circulates back to the surface and appears as hot springs and geysers. However, the rising
hot water may remain underground in areas of permeable hot rock, forming geothermal
reservoirs. Geothermal reservoirs, which may reach temperatures of more than 350 C
(700 F), can provide a powerful source of energy
Geothermal Energy Plant
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Geothermal energy plants generate electricity and heat by harnessing the heat energy contained within
the earth. The earth transfers its energy to deep-lying circulating water, which the plants access with wells
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WEEK SIX ( 6 )
6.0 SOIL MECHANICS
Soil mechanics is basically concerned with the behavour of performance of soils
as they relate to design of construction.
6.1 SOIL PROFILE
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6.2 ENGINEERING DEFINATION OF SOIL
For engineering purposes, soil is considered to any loose sedimentary deposit , such as
gravel , sand , silt , clay, or amixture of these materials . It should not be confused with
geological definition of soil , which is the weathered organic material on the surface or
topsoil. Topsoil is generally removed before any engineering projects are carried out.
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Civil engineering is perhaps the broadest of the engineering fields, for it deals with the
creation, improvement, and protection of the communal environment, providing facilities
for living, industry and transportation, including large buildings, roads, bridges, canals,
railroad lines, airports, water-supply systems, dams, irrigation, harbors, docks, aqueducts,
tunnels, and other engineered constructions. The civil engineer must have a thorough
knowledge of all types of surveying, of the properties and mechanics of construction
materials, the mechanics of structures and soils, and of hydraulics and fluid mechanics.
Among the important subdivisions of the field are construction engineering, irrigation
engineering, transportation engineering, soils and foundation engineering, geodetic
engineering, hydraulic engineering, and coastal and ocean engineering
SOIL MECHANICS
6.3 Shaft for Sewer Constructed by Freezing.
In New York, contractors used freezing to dig a shaft for a sewer tunnel under the East
River. The tunnel is part of the collecting system which takes New York sewage to a
treatment plant in Brooklyn. The tunnel was bored through bedrock 225 ft. under the
river. The 26-ft. diameter shaft, however, extended through water-bearing ground for the
first 125 ft. of depth. The contractor chose to freeze the ground around the excavation by
driving a ring of 21 pipes to surround the work, and then circulating brine through them.
Two 125-hp. refrigerating plants were connected to the tops of the pipes. After several
weeks of continuous freezing, a solid wall of frozen wet ground dammed off the flow of
water. Excavation of the shaft was carried out inside the frozen ring by usual excavating
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methods. As excavation proceeded, the shaft was lined with 3 ft. of reinforced concrete.
Ground Subsidence at Long Beach.
Officials of Long Beach, Calif., took steps to halt subsidence of the ground over Terminal
Island's 20-sq. mi. oil field. Since 1936, when the first oil well was drilled, over 800
million bbl. of oil have been pumped out of the oil-bearing strata. In 1941 surface sinking
was first noticed, and since then it has reached a total of over 20 ft. The major concern is
at the center of the area, where the Navy's $175 million shipyard and drydock, and the
Southern California Edison Co.'s steam generating plant are located. The $60 million
crash program, designed only to halt the subsidence, calls for injecting one million bbl. of
salt water a day through 260 water wells drilled into the strata, which lie at depths from
2,000 ft. to 6,000 ft. The injection of salt water is expected to greatly increase oil
recovery.
6.4 IRRIGATION AND POWER
6.4.1. Dams.
Hebgen Dam Withstands Earthquake.
Hebgen Dam, a 44-year-old earthfill power dam on the Madison River, west of
Yellowstone Park, was in the news in August. An earthquake of 7.8 intensity (the 1906
earthquake in San Francisco measured 8.2) rocked the region, wrecked paved highways,
caused landslides, killed a dozen people, and caused the water in the reservoir to slosh
over the top of the dam. Investigation after the quake showed an open crack in the
concrete core wall, but no leakage of water through the dam itself.
Aswan Dam.
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The Egyptian High Dam Authority announced that Russian equipment began to arrive in
Egypt for first-stage construction of the new Aswan Dam on the Nile River. An
Egyptian-Soviet contract for $17 million started the construction, with Soviet engineers
supervising. The designs for first-and second-stage construction are being made by a
London firm of engineers.
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WEEK SEVEN ( 7 )
7.0 Different types of soil
As yet there is no worldwide, unified classification scheme for soil. Since the birth of the
modern discipline of soil science roughly 100 years ago, scientists in different countries
have used many systems to organize the various types of soils into groups. For much of
the 20th century in the United States, for example, soil scientists at the USDA used a
classification scheme patterned after an earlier Russian method. This system recognized
some three dozen Great Soil Groups.
In 1975 a new classification scheme known as soil taxonomy was published in the United
States and is now used by the USDA. Unlike earlier systems, which organized soils
according to various soil formation factors, the new system emphasizes characteristics
that can be precisely measured, including diagnostic horizons (which give clues to soil
formation), soil moisture, and soil temperature. In a manner similar to the kingdom,
phylum, class, order, family, genus, species system used to classify living things, the
USDA soil taxonomy employs six categories. From the general to the more specific, its
categories are order, suborder, great group, subgroup, family, and series. This system has
classified more than 17,000 types of soil in the United States.
Sand is an important constituent of most soils and is extremely abundant as a surface
deposit along the courses of rivers, on the shores of lakes and the sea, and in arid regions
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(see Soil; see Soil Management). One specific form of sand is the major ingredient inglassmaking. Other types of sand are used in foundries to make casting molds and in
ceramics, plasters, and cements. Sand is used as a grinding and polishing abrasive in the
form of sandpaper, which is a sheet of paper covered on one side with sand or a similar
abrasive substance. Sandblasting is an important technique used for cleaning stone or for
smoothing rough metal surfaces by blowing a stream of sand under air or steam pressure.
Desert on Atlantic Coast
The Namib Desert, primarily in Namibia, Africa, stretches alongside the Atlantic Coast in Africa for 1,930
km (1,200 mi).
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Gobi Desert
The Gobi Desert in northeastern China is a windswept, nearly treeless wasteland. The Gobi ranks as the
coldest, northernmost desert in the world and covers more than 1,300,000 sq km (500,000 sq mi). The
terrain consists mostly of dry, rocky, sandy soil. Only 5 percent of the desert is covered with sand dunes.
Photo Researchers, Inc.
Sandstone, coarse-grained, sedimentary rock consisting of consolidated masses of sand
deposited by moving water or by wind. The chemical constitution of sandstone is the
same as that of sand; the rock is thus composed essentially of quartz. The cementing
material that binds together the grains of sand is usually composed of silica, calcium
carbonate, or iron oxide. The color of the rock is often determined largely by the
cementing material, iron oxides causing a red or reddish-brown sandstone, and the other
materials producing white, yellowish, or grayish sandstone. When sandstone breaks, the
cement is fractured and the individual grains remain whole, thus giving the surfaces a
granular appearance. Sandstones of various geologic ages and of commercial importance
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are widely distributed in the U.S. Besides serving as a natural reservoir for deposits of oil
and gas, sandstone is used in building flagstone pavings and in the manufacture of
whetstones and grindstones.
Sandstone
Sandstone is a type of sedimentary rock made from accumulated particles of sand. The particles are
deposited by water, galciers, or wind and are eventually compressed and cemeted together to make
sandstone. Sandstone comes in a variety of colors.
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WEEK EIGHT ( 8 )
8.0 SOIL AGGREGATE
Individual soil particles tend to be bound together into larger units referred to as
aggregates or soil peds. Aggregation occurs as a result of complex chemical forces acting
on small soil components or when organisms and organic matter in soil act as glue
binding particles together.
Soil aggregates form soil structure, defined by the shape, size, and strength of the
aggregates. There are three main soil shapes: platelike, in which the aggregates are flat
and mostly horizontal; prismlike, meaning greater in vertical than in horizontal
dimension; and blocklike, roughly equal in horizontal and vertical dimensions and either
angular or rounded. Soil peds range in size from very fineless than 1 mm (0.04 in)to
very coarsegreater than 10 mm (0.4 in). The measure of strength or grade refers to the
stability of the structural unit and is ranked as weak, moderate, or strong. Very young or
sandy soils may have no discernible structure.
8.1 POROSITY
The part of the soil that is not solid is made up of pores of various sizes and shapes
sometimes small and separate, sometimes consisting of continuous tubes. Soil scientists
refer to the size, number, and arrangement of these pores as the soil's porosity. Porosity
greatly affects water movement and gas exchange. Well-aggregated soils have numerous
pores, which are important for organisms that live in the soil and require water and
oxygen to survive. The transport of nutrients and contaminants will also be affected by
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soil structure and porosity
8.2 MOISTURE CONTENT
Water occurs as moisture in the upper portion of the soil profile, in which it is held by
capillary action to the particles of soil. In this state, it is called bound water and has
different characteristics from free waterSee Soil; Soil Management. Under the influence
of gravity, water accumulates in rock interstices beneath the surface of the earth as a vast
groundwater reservoir supplying wells and springs and sustaining the flow of some
streams during periods of drought.
On striking the surface of the earth, the water follows two paths. In amounts determined
by the intensity of the rain and the porosity, permeability, thickness, and previous
moisture content of the soil, one part of the water, termed surface runoff, flows directly
into rills and streams and thence into oceans or landlocked bodies of water; the remainder
infiltrates into the soil. A part of the infiltrated water becomes soil moisture, which may
be evaporated directly or may move upward through the roots of vegetation to be
transpired from leaves. The portion of the water that overcomes the forces of cohesion
and adhesion in the soil profile percolates downward, accumulating in the so-called zone
of saturation to form the groundwater reservoir, the surface of which is known as the
water table. Under natural conditions, the water table rises intermittently in response to
replenishment, or recharge, and then declines as a result of continuous drainage into
natural outlets such as springs. See Spring.
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WEEK NINE ( 9 )
9.0 SURFACE DRAINAGE AND WELLS
Drainage (geology), means by which water in an area drains, or flows away, in streams
and rivers and by seeping through the ground. A drainage system consists of all the
bodies of water, including rivers, lakes and groundwater (water under the ground),
through which water flows. The water in drainage systems originates as rain or as snow
that subsequently melts. Most rain does not fall directly into river channels or lakes.
Instead, it falls on land, and much of this rain percolates into the ground. From there,
most of it flows through the upper soil layers and soon emerges and enters small streams.
Scientists study drainage patterns and drainage systems in an attempt to analyze the
environmental impact of human activities and natural processes on these systems. Human
activities, such as damming rivers, draining wetlands for development, and altering
drainage patterns for agriculture or forestry use, may upset the balance of nutrients,
plants, and animals in the ecosystem. Natural processes, such as erosion (the removal of
rock and soil material), and deposition (the depositing of rock and soil material), may
also be altered by
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Stream Capture
Over time, a stream on the steep side of a mountain slope will erode the slope faster than a stream on the
less steep slope, and may erode the drainage divide that separates them. When the fast-eroding stream
erodes a notch in the drainage divide, it eventually takes over the headwaters of the slow-eroding stream
on the other side and captures it.
9.1 DRAINAGE PATTERN
A drainage pattern describes the characteristic way tributaries, or streams that feed other
larger streams, and rivers branch off in different directions. Drainage patterns assume
many different forms, depending largely on the geological structure of the rocks on which
they form. The most common drainage pattern is called dendritic. A dendritic drainage
pattern tends to develop where a whole drainage basin is made up of the same type of
rock. Dendritic drainage resembles the shape of a tree, with the smallest tributaries being
the outermost twigs and the main river channel forming the trunk. In a dendritic drainage
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A rectangular drainage pattern is made of numerous cracks that form a grid pattern. This
pattern is common over certain types of rock, such as granite, in which cracks called
joints develop to form a grid. Stream channels tend to follow these joint systems.
Radial drainage patterns occur where rivers flow in all directions away from a raised
feature. The raised feature may be a volcano or a mass of rock that is more resistant to
erosion than the surrounding rock and therefore stands high. Centripetal drainage is found
where rivers flow from surrounding high ground toward a central basin, which is often
occupied by a lake.
Drainage Patterns
Streams tend to form five different kinds of drainage patterns: dendritic, rectangular, radial, centripetaland trellis. The patterns result from the type of soil in the area of drainage and the erosion of the soil by
flowing water. Dendritic, branching patterns form in areas of flat sedimentary rock, while areas with high
central peaks, such as volcanoes, exhibit radial drainage patterns. Sometimes, water flows into a bowl-
shaped valley by centripetal drainage and creates a lake, or erodes areas between ridges to create deep
valleys, as seen in trellis drainage.
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Spring (water), natural flow of water from the ground at a single point within a restricted
area; when a spring has no visible current, it is called a seep. Springs may emerge at
different points on dry land or in the beds of streams, ponds, or lakes. Cold spring waters
are usually of meteorological character, that is, rain that has soaked into the ground and
emerged as a spring at some other point on a lower level. Hot spring waters may be of
igneous origin, or they may represent surface waters heated by contact with underground
uncooled igneous rock, as the hot springs and geysers at Yellowstone National Park. See
Geyser.
Classified according to their modes of origin, there are gravity springs, or those not
confined by impervious beds, and artesian springs, in which the water is under pressure
because it is confined to a pervious bed or a fissure (see Artesian Well). Grouped
according to the nature of the water-conducting passages, springs are of three types: (1)
seepage, in which the water seeps out from sand and gravel; (2) tubular, or those formed
by tubular passages in glacial drift or easily soluble rocks; and (3) fissure, in which the
water issues along bedding, joints, faults, or cleavage planes. Pollution is likely where the
water flows, for some distance, in an underground channel way of somewhat open
character.
The composition of spring water varies with the character of the surrounding soil or
rocks. Volume of flow of any given spring may vary with the season and amount of
rainfall. Seepage springs often fail in periods of drought or little rainfall. Nevertheless,
some springs have a fairly constant and even large volume of flow and may serve as
sources of domestic or municipal water supply (see Water Supply and Waterworks).
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Some springs are also of medicinal value because of the dissolved mineral substances
they contain (see Mineral Water; Water)
Mineral Springs
Jinan is well known for the many local natural springs that provide it with pure water. Although often
hailed as the city's main attraction, some of these springs have been adversely affected by increased
industrial and domestic demands for water. As the capital of Shandong province on the Huang He, Jinan
has developed into a major transportation and industrial center. Despite major industrialization and
development in recent years, this ancient city retains many relics of historical importance. The
surrounding area is highly regarded for its natural beauty.
Corbis
As the atmosphere warms, the surface layer of the ocean warms as well, expanding in
volume and thus raising sea level. The melting of glaciers and ice sheets, especially
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around Greenland, further swells the sea. Sea level rose 10 to 25 cm (4 to 10 in) during
the 20th century. (The range is due to measurement uncertainties and regional variation.)
By the end of the 21st century, sea level is projected to rise another 28 to 58 cm (11 to 23
in) if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase significantly. The projection is
somewhat lessa rise of 19 to 37 cm (8 to 15 in)for a scenario in which greenhouse
gas emissions peak around the year 2050 and then decrease. These projections do not
incorporate possible large-scale melting of the Greenland or Antarctic ice sheets, which
could begin in the 21st century with warming of a few degrees Celsius.
Rising sea level will complicate life in many island and coastal regions. Storm surges, in
which winds locally pile up water and raise the sea, will become more frequent and
damaging. Erosion of cliffs, beaches, and dunes will increase. As the sea invades the
mouths of rivers, flooding from runoff will also increase upstream.
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Low-Lying Island Nation
The government of Maldives, a low-lying island nation in the Indian Ocean, has expressed concern over
rising sea level attributed to global warming. Most of the land of Maldives sits only 2 m (6.5 ft) above sea
level, and even a modest rise could threaten the nations existence. Maldives has a larger population than
some other island nations, such as Tuvalu and Kiribati, which are already experiencing saltwater intrusion
due to rising sea level.
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WEEK TEN ( 10 )10.0 GROUND WATER AND WELL
Groundwater, water found below the surface of the land. Such water exists in pores
between sedimentary particles and in the fissures of more solid rocks. In arctic regions,
groundwater may be frozen. In general such water maintains a fairly even temperature
very close to the mean annual temperature of the area. Very deep-lying groundwater can
remain undisturbed for thousands or millions of years. Most groundwater lies at
shallower depths, however, and plays a slow but steady part in the hydrologic cycle.
Worldwide, groundwater accounts for about one-third of one percent of the earth's water,
or about 20 times more than the total of surface waters on continents and islands.
Groundwater is of major importance to civilization, because it is the largest reserve of
drinkable water in regions where humans can live. Groundwater may appear at the
surface in the form of springs, or it may be tapped by wells. During dry periods it can
also sustain the flow of surface water, and even where the latter is readily available,
groundwater is often preferable because it tends to be less contaminated by wastes and
organisms.
The rate of movement of groundwater depends on the type of subsurface rock materials
in a given area. Saturated permeable layers capable of providing a usable supply of water
are known as aquifers. Typically, they consist of sands, gravels, limestones, or basalts.
Layers that tend to slow down groundwater flow, such as clays, shales, glacial tills, and
silts, are instead called aquitards. Impermeable rocks are known as aquicludes, or
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basement rocks. In permeable zones, the upper surface of the zone of water saturation is
called the water table. When heavily populated or highly irrigated arid areas withdraw
water from the ground at too rapid a rate, the water table in such areas may drop so
drastically that it cannot be reached, even by very deep wells.
Although groundwater is less contaminated than surface waters, pollution of this major
water supply has become an increasing concern in industrialized nations. In the United
States, many thousands of wells have been closed in the late 20th century because of
contamination by various toxic substances.
Tapping Water Sources
Water is vital to humans. It is needed for food preparation, drinking, washing, and irrigation. In addition,
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massive quantities are used daily in industrial processes. Yet, it is a limited resource that must be
collected and distributed with increasing care. The most important source of water is rain, which may be
collected directly in cisterns and reservoirs or indirectly through a watershed system or well. A watershed
is the network of rivulets, streams, and rivers by which entire areas are watered. Ground water is rain
that has trickled through rock layers, forming pools after many years. If it is under pressure, groundwater
may bubble to the surface as a spring. Irrigation canals, reservoirs, wells, and water towers are man-
made devices for diverting and collecting water from these natural sources. Because of contamination
concerns, water from reservoirs, wells, and rivers is usually processed in a treatment plant before
distribution.
Soil scientists also characterize soils according to how effectively they retain and
transport water. Once water enters the soil from rain or irrigation, gravity comes into
play, causing water to trickle downward. Water is also taken up in great quantities by the
roots of plants: Plants use anywhere from 200 to 1,000 kg (440 to 2,200 lb) of water in
the formation of 1 kg (2.2 lb) of dry matter. Soils differ in their capacity to retain
moisture against the pull exerted by gravity and by plant roots. Coarse soils, such as those
consisting of mostly of sand, tend to hold less water than do soils with finer textures, such
as those with a greater proportion of clays.
Water also moves through soil pores independently of gravity. This movement can occur
via capillary action, in which water molecules move because they are more attracted to
the pore walls than to one another. Such movement tends to occur from wetter to drier
areas of the soil. The movement from soil to plant roots can also depend on how tightly
water molecules are bound to soil particles. The attraction of water molecules to each
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other is an example of cohesion. The attraction of water molecules to other materials,
such as soil or plant roots, is a type of adhesion. These effects, which determine the so-
called matric potential of the soil, depend largely on the size and arrangement of the soil
particles. Another factor that can affect water movement is referred to as the osmotic
potential. The osmotic potential hinges on the amount of dissolved salts in the soil. Soils
high in soluble salt tend to reduce uptake of water by plant roots and seeds. The sum of
the matric and osmotic potentials is called the total water potential.
In soil, water carries out the essential function of bringing mineral nutrients to plants. But
the balance between water and air in the soil can be delicate. An overabundance of water
will saturate the soil and fill pore spaces needed for the transport of oxygen. The resulting
oxygen deficiency can kill plants. Fertile soils permit an exchange between plants and the
atmosphere, as oxygen diffuses into the soil and is used by roots for respiration. In turn,
the resulting carbon dioxide diffuses through pore spaces and returns to the atmosphere.
This exchange is most efficient in soils with a high degree of porosity. For farmers,
gardeners, landscapers, and others with a professional interest in soil health, the process
of aerationmaking holes in the soil surface to permit the exchange of airis a crucial
activity. The burrowing of earthworms and other soil inhabitants provides a natural and
beneficial form of aeration.
10.1 WATERTABLE
Water Table, underground border between the ground in which all spaces are filled with
water and the ground above in which the spaces contain some air. The level of the water
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table tends to follow the shape of the overlying ground surface, rising under hills and
dipping in valleys, but with a gentler slope than the ground. The level of the water table
also varies with the climate, rising during rainy periods and falling during dry spells.
Wells dug down to below the water table will fill with water. Such wells provide 20
percent of the drinking water used in the United States today.
The water table forms when rainwater seeps into the soil or bedrock instead of
evaporating back to the atmosphere or flowing directly into a stream as surface runoff.
Most soils and many rocks are both porous and permeable. Porous materials have
openings, such as cracks, voids, and spaces between particles, that can contain water.
These openings are called pores. Permeable materials are materials that allow water to
flow through them. At shallow depths, the pores are filled with a mixture of air and
water. This region constitutes thezone of aeration, orunsaturated zone. Water
percolating downward eventually fills all available pore space below a certain level,
forming the saturated zone. The surface, or border, between the zone of aeration and the
saturated zone is the water table. Surface tension can cause water to rise a short distance
from the water table. This produces a transition zone between the saturated and
unsaturated zone called a capillary fringe (see Capillary Action).
Water in the saturated zone is referred to as groundwater. Some soils and sedimentary
rocks are so porous that water can occupy up to 40 percent of their volume. As depth
increases, high pressures squeeze the pores shut. As a result, almost all groundwater is
found in the top 8 km (5 mi) of the earths crust. Groundwater contains about one-third of
1 percent of the earths water, or about 20 times more than the total found in rivers and
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lakes. (The oceans account for 97 percent of the earths water.)
An aquiferis a body of rock or soil that is sufficiently porous and permeable to store and
transfer significant amounts of groundwater. An aquiclude is a body of relatively
impermeable rock. An aquifer is called confined when it is bounded above and below by
aquicludes or unconfined when there is no aquiclude above it. A perched aquifer is a
body of groundwater that lies above the regional water table because it is underlain by a
small aquiclude. The top of this small zone of saturation is known as a perched water
table.
Water flows in and out of aquifers as part of the water cycle. The flow of water into
aquifers is called recharge and the flow of water out of aquifers is called discharge. The
places where recharge occurs are called recharge areas. Discharge occurs wherever the
ground dips down to the level of the water table. For example, springs occur in valleys
where the valley sides meet the water table. If an enclosed depression in the earth dips
below the water table, water can flow out of the saturated zone and into the depression,
forming a lake or pond.
When recharge is equal to discharge, the water table is stationary. Heavy rainfall or
spring melt can cause recharge to temporarily exceed discharge and the water table will
rise. A rising water table may produce temporary springs, streams, and ponds. These
temporary discharge areas then drain water from the aquifer and lead to a restoration of
the original level of the water table.
If a well is dug down below the level of the water table, it will start to fill with water. As
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water is removed from the well, the water table surrounding the well will drop, forming a
cone-shaped depression in the water table. The depth and steepness of the cone of
depression depend on how fast the water is being withdrawn, how porous and permeable
the aquifer is, and how fast the aquifer is being recharged. If the water table drops below
the bottom of a well, the well will run dry. Many of the major aquifers throughout the
world are being drained faster than they recharge. If this trend continues, many wells will
run dry.
Withdrawing groundwater faster than it can be recharged can also lead to subsidence, or
sinking, of the land. Parts of the Imperial Valley in California have subsided more than 8
m (26 ft) and New Orleans, Louisiana, and Houston, Texas, have each subsided by about
2 m (about 7 ft) due to groundwater withdrawal. Subsidence is irreversible. Once the land
has settled and collapsed its pore space, the space is no longer available to hold
groundwater. Subsidence is a special concern in coastal areas that could sink below sea
level.
Any human activity that reduces recharge contributes to the lowering of the water table.
For example, the construction of impermeable surfaces, such as roads, parking lots, and
buildings, reduces recharge during heavy rain. These structures reduce the amount of
ground through which rain can percolate, so excess water flows
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The Water Table
The water table marks the top of the region underground that is saturated with water. While most
precipitation evaporates back to the atmosphere or flows directly into streams, the rest percolates down
through the ground to the water table. In the ground above the water table, a region called the aeration
zone, pore spaces are filled with a mixture of air and water.
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WEEK ELEVEN ( 11 )11.0 Use of spring and piston analogy to substantiate neutral and effectivestresses.
When a saturated soil mass is subjected to a load increment , the load is usually carried
initially by the water in the pores because the water is incompressible in comprism with
the soil structure . The pressure which results in the water because of the load increment
is named hydrostatic excess pressure because it is in excess of that pressure due to
weight of water. As the water drains from the soil pores , the load increment is shifted to
the soil structure . The transference of load is accompanied by a change in the volume of
soil equal to the volume of water drained . This process is known as consolidation
We can be aided in understanding the consolidation process by the spring analogy shown
in fig . below . The saturated soil element is represented by fig. a , in which the spring
corresponds to the soil structure and the water to the soil pore water. If a weight W is
placed on thethe water and spring with the valve y closed ( fig . a ) , the weight is aimost
entirely carried by the water , since it is incompressible as comparedto the spring . Valve
y is opened and the water is allowed to escape , the load will eventually be carried
entirely by the spring ( fig. c ) . The elapsed time required to transfer the load increment
W from the water spring depends on how rapidly the water is permitted to escape through
valve y . The rate at which te volume change , or consolidation , occurs in a soil is
directly related to the permeability of the soil because the permeability controle the
speed at which the pore water can escape . Thepermeability of most sands is so high that
the time required for consolidation after a load application can be considered negligible
except for cases where a large mass of sand is subjected to a rapid shear or shock ( This
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is discussed ). On the other hand , the low permeability of clay makes the rate of volume
change after a load application a factor which must be considered .
WY
WY W
Fig 11.a b cSpring anology
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WEEK TWELVE ( 12 )
12.0 Stress Distribution in Soil due to point loads;Boussinesqs Theory
Boussinesqs stress distribution theory is based on the results given by the mathematical
theory of elasticity for the simplest case of loading of a solid , homogeneous , elastic
isotropic, semi fininite medium ; namely , the case of a single vertical point load applied
at apoint on the horizontal boundary plane . In this case of soil , the horizontal boundary
plane would be the ground surface.
P
R
R FIG.12.1 Action of a point load
M Z
R= Acos R2
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I =Acos iR2
Z FIG. 12.2 Radial stresses under the
action of point load.
Y
R Z FIG. 12.3 Component stresses fora plane parallel to a boundary.
XZ
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12.1 If a Number of point load s is applied such as p1,p2,and p3 the surfaceof the soil then compressive stress at any point of the soil.
P1 p2 p3
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r2 Z
r3
FIG. 12.4 Action of a number of point load .
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Stress distribution of a uniformly loaded .
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WEEK THIRTEEN ( 13 )
13.0 CLAY SOIL
Clay, earth or soil that is plastic and tenacious when moist and that becomes permanently
hard when baked or fired. Of widespread importance in industry, clays consist of a group
of hydrous alumino-silicate minerals formed by the weathering of feldspathic rocks, such
as granite. Individual mineral grains are microscopic in size and shaped like flakes. This
makes their aggregate surface area much greater than their thickness and allows them to
take up large amounts of water by adhesion, giving them plasticity and causing some
varieties to swell. Common clay is a mixture of kaolin, or china clay (hydrated clay), and
the fine powder of some feldspathic mineral that is anhydrous (without water) and not
decomposed. Clays vary in plasticity, all being more or less malleable and capable of
being molded into any form when moistened with water. The plastic clays are used for
making pottery of all kinds, bricks and tiles, tobacco pipes, firebricks, and other products.
The commoner varieties of clay and clay rocks are china clay, or kaolin; pipe clay,
similar to kaolin, but containing a larger percentage of silica; potter's clay, not as pure as
pipe clay; sculptor's clay, or modeling clay, a fine potter's clay, sometimes mixed with
fine sand; brick clay, an admixture of clay and sand with some ferruginous (iron-
containing) matter; fire clay, containing little or no lime, alkaline earth, or iron (which act
as fluxes), and hence infusible or highly refractory; shale; loam; and marl.
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Brick Wall
Bricks, blocks of baked clay, have been used in construction for thousands of years. Bricks are stacked
and bonded together with mortar to form a wall.
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Nij Castle, Kyto
Nij Castle, in central Kyto, was built in the early 17th century by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the
Tokugawa dynasty of Japan. The walled compound is surrounded by a moat and features a wide array of
hidden defense mechanisms, including strategically placed squeaking floor boards, concealed chambers.
The earliest known African sculptures (500 BC to AD 200) are sculpted clay heads and
human figures from central Nigeria. Many surviving examples of African art date from
the 14th to the 17th century. However, most of the African art known today is relatively
recent, from the 19th century or later. Very little earlier African art has survived,
primarily because it was made largely of perishable materials such as wood, cloth, and
plant fibers, and because it typically met with intensive use in ceremonies and in daily
life. Scholars of African art base suppositions about earlier art mainly on art of the last
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Hausa House in Nigeria
Traditional houses of the Hausa people of northwestern Nigeria and southwestern Niger are typically built
of mud, like this one in the city of Kano, Nigeria. These houses are often decorated with bas-relief
geometrical designs.
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Ivory Salt Cellar, Sierra Leone
Europeans began collecting African art objects in the late 15th century. As the European market for such
objects increased, African artists began to create objects specifically for export. This 16th-century ivory
salt cellar was carved on Sherbro Island in Sierra Leone. Scholars have identified four of the eight figures
that ring its base as Portuguese, evidence of the influence of Portuguese traders in western Africa.
13.1 MINERALOGICAL STUDY OF CLAY
Clay minerals are predominantely a group of complex alumino silicates, mainly
formed durjng the chemical weathering of primary minerals . these minerals are
predominantly crystalline in that the atoms composing them are arranged in definite
geometrical patterns.
There two fundamental building blocks for the clay mineral structure . One is a silica
unit ( fig. N4 -1 ) in which four oxygen ions ( O2- ) FORM THE TIPS OF A
TETRAHEDRON and enclose a silicaon ion ( Si 4+ ) . The two units are held together by
ionic bonds. The other unit is one which an aluminium or magnesium. As shown below
= O 2-
= Si 4+
A TETRAHEDRAL UNIT
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= ( OH )-
= Al
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FIG 2 OCTAHEDRAL UNIT
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WEEK FOURTEEN ( 14 )
14.0 Formation of two layer soils with typical example like kaolinite;
Kaolin (Chinese kaoling,high ridge), or china clay, a pure, soft, white clay of variable
but usually low plasticity that retains its white color when fired. The material was first
obtained from a hill called Kaoling and was sent to Europe in the early 18th century. Pure
kaolin is used in the manufacture of fine porcelain and china; impure varieties are used in
making pottery, stoneware, and bricks; as filler for pigments; and in the manufacture of
paper. The chief constituent of kaolin is the mineral kaolinite, a hydrous aluminum
silicate, Al2Si2O5(OH)4, formed by the decomposition of aluminum silicates, particularly
feldspar. Kaolin is now mined primarily in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia,
Pennsylvania, and Alabama. The term kaolin is often extended to include other porcelain
clays not discolored by firing.
Kaolin Mine
Georgia leads the nation in kaolin production. Kaolin is a soft white clay used in the manufacture of china,
bricks, and paper, among other things. This is an open pit kaolin mine.
Georgia Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism
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14.1 Clay Minerals.
An outstanding accomplishment during the year was the publication of four volumes on
the clay minerals. About 20 scientists from 8 research laboratories, both public and
private, contributed to these studies, which are numbers 5 to 8 of a series sponsored by
the American Petroleum Institute's Project 49 on 'Clay Mineral Standards.' The clay
minerals play an important role from beginning to end in the natural history of an oil
deposit, and the aim of the project is to determine all that can be learned by chemical
analyses, thermal analyses, infra-red spectra, X-ray diffraction measurements, optical
properties, and electron micrographs of the kaolin, montmorillinite, and illite groups of
clay minerals, plus a few closely related minerals. In the four volumes appearing in 1950
all of these approaches were followed. Success of this project further illustrates what can
be done through organized group research.
The montmorillonite clay is made of sheet like units ordered , also as a 1; 2 unit , as asschematically illustrated in the fig. N4-6
G
SI n H2O + anyMetallic
Si
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WEEK FIFTEEN ( 15 )
15.0 SOIL
Soil, the loose material that covers the land surfaces of Earth and supports the growth of
plants. In general, soil is an unconsolidated, or loose, combination of inorganic and
organic materials. The inorganic components of soil are principally the products of rocks
and minerals that have been gradually broken down by weather, chemical action, and
other natural processes. The organic materials are composed of debris from plants and
from the decomposition of the many tiny life forms that inhabit the soil.
Soils vary widely from place to place. Many factors determine the chemical composition
and physical structure of the soil at any given location. The different kinds of rocks,
minerals, and other geologic materials from which the soil originally formed play a role.
The kinds of plants or other vegetation that grow in the soil are also important.
Topographythat is, whether the terrain is steep, flat, or some combinationis another
factor. In some cases, human activity such as farming or building has caused disruption.
Soils also differ in color, texture, chemical makeup, and the kinds of plants they can
support.
Soil actually constitutes a living system, combining with air, water, and sunlight to
sustain plant life. The essential process of photosynthesis, in which plants convert
sunlight into energy, depends on exchanges that take place within the soil. Plants, in turn,
serve as a vital part of the food chain for living things, including humans. Without soil
there would be no vegetationno crops for food, no forests, flowers, or grasslands. To a
great extent, life on Earth depends on soil.
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The study of different soil types and their properties is called soil science or pedology.
Soil science plays a key role in agriculture, helping farmers to select and support the
crops on their land and to maintain fertile, healthy ground for planting. Understanding
soil is also important in engineering and construction. Soil engineers carry out detailed
analysis of the soil prior to building roads, houses, industrial and retail complexes, and
other structure.
Stages of SoiFormation
Soil formation is the process by which rocks are broken down into progressively smaller particles and
mixed with decaying organic material. Bedrock begins to disintegrate as it is subjected to freezing-thawing
cycles, rain, and other environmental forces (I). The rock breaks down into parent material, which in turn
breaks into smaller mineral particles(II). The or