Anthropogenic soils

General data

Course ID:	1300-WGANC-GES
Erasmus code / ISCED:	(unknown) / (unknown)
Course title:	Anthropogenic soils
Name in Polish:	Grunty antropogeniczne
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Geology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	(unknown)
Type of course:	elective courses
Short description:	(in Polish) Źródła i technologiczne uwarunkowania powstawania gruntów antropogenicznych. Klasyfikacje i przegląd właściwości chemicznych, biochemicznych, fizyczno-mechanicznych gruntów. Oddziaływanie gruntów antropogenicznych na środowisko. Kartowanie obszarów występowania gruntów antropogenicznych. Właściwości gruntów antropogenicznych jako materiału gromadzonego na składowiskach i jako materiału konstrukcyjnego. Metodyka badań gruntów antropogenicznych w nawiązaniu do rodzajów gruntów i technologii ich formowania (namywanie zwałowanie). Kształtowanie właściwości gruntów w procesie namywania, wymiany gruntów, makroniwelacji, wykonywania wierceń badawczych i eksploatacyjnych.
Full description:	1) Macroscopic analysis of anthropogenic soils; comparison of various types of anthropogenic soils 2) Determination of specific density of the soil skeleton using the Le Chatelier flask method on anthropogenic soils 3) Grain size analysis of anthropogenic soils, determination of natural moisture 4) Description of the distinguished fractions of anthropogenic soils under the binocular - identification of their mineral composition, structure and texture 5) Determination of the degree of compaction of non-cohesive anthropogenic soils 6) Determining the state of cohesive soils a) yield strength b) definition of the border liquidity (cone method) 7) Soil bulk density, soil bulk density of the soil skeleton
Bibliography:	(in Polish) Myślińska E. (2006) – Laboratoryjne badania gruntów. Wyd. UW, Warszawa Grabowska-Olszewska B (red.) (1990) – Metody badań gruntów spoistych. Wydawnictwa geologiczne. Warszawa
Learning outcomes:	On completion of the course, the student: - is able to select and apply basic methods of laboratory analysis of anthropogenic soils, - is capable of analyzing the obtained results.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	assessment of reports on experiments conducted during the classes and final written assessment

This course is not currently offered.

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