Details of Courses

Field Logging of Tunnels and Boreholes
LECTURERS: PD Dr. U. Mäder, Prof. M. Mazurek, Prof. M. Herwegh
SCOPE:Basic geological and hydrogeological techniques to characterise rocks within tunnels and boreholes
HELD AT:BE
CATEGORY: Field Courses
ECTS Credits:2.5
PREREQUISITES:
REQUISITES:
FORMAT:5-day field course held during second half of spring semester
FREQUENCY:biennially in spring semester, held in even years
CONTENTS:Underground and surface work at the Grimsel Test Site: mapping of water-bearing structures, ductile and brittle deformation; borehole and core logging; simple hydraulic testing, data logging and interpretation; example of borehole geophysics.
ASSESSMENT:Field report

(prer): Courses with prerequisites.