Question 1:

(a) What are minerals? Sketch different types of mineral crystal forms and list different types of rock forming minerals. Describe with examples the importance of mineral identification in engineering applications.

(b) Describe briefly the formation of three types of rocks. Also, summarize their properties for engineering applications.

(c) Describe briefly the process of mechanical and chemical weathering of rocks. Draw a typical soil profile and discuss the factors controlling soil profile development.

(d) Define ‘folds', ‘faults', ‘dip' and ‘strike' and explain each of them with neat sketches. What are synclines and anticlines? Discuss the first and second rules of anticlines.

Question 2:

Your city council has decided to construct a new multistory shopping complex at your city. As an engineering geologist and/or geotechnical engineer, you are assigned to investigate subsurface conditions of the soil underneath the selected site and prepare a detailed geotechnical report. Hints: You choose the location/site by yourself and assume all required data and make sure that the assumed data are typical and are within the feasible ranges. Your report should be a typical professional engineering technical report containing problem definition, review of the existing literature, methodology/procedure, collection/analysis of data and conclusion/recommendation.