CivE 682
Environmental Geotechnics
Description
Environmental laws and regulatory processes; geotechnical characterization for environmental problems; transfer processes; concepts in thermodynamic equilibrium chemistry; geochemical processes in groundwater and mineral-water-atmosphere interaction; geotechnical and geochemical aspects of mine waste management.Learning Outcomes
Understand and apply management practices that protect the geoenvironment from deleterious and adverse stressor impacts generated from sources associated with the efforts in support of the needs of humans. Specific objectives and topics includeUnderstand the physical and chemical stressors imposed by mining resource extraction on the geoenvironment
Understand the regulatory environment pertaining to mine waste management
Apply the fundamental principles and theories of geotechnical engineering and geomechanics for sustainable management of mine waste
Understand the fundamental principles and theories of geochemistry for sustainable management of mine waste
| Lecture | Seminar | Lab | Credits | Total AU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 3.5 | 44.1 |
| M % | NS % | CS % | ES % | ED % |
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Undergraduate Program(s)
Sections & Respective Instructors
| B1 - 2024/2025 - Winter - Nicholas Beier |
| A2 - 2023/2024 - Fall - Nicholas Beier |
| B2 - 2021/2022 - Winter - Nicholas Beier |
| B2 - 2020/2021 - Winter - Nicholas Beier |