UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY PESHAWAR

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

MID TERM EXAMINATION (TAKE HOME)
(Spring Semester-2020)
CE-217 Engineering Geology & Seismology
Submission Deadline: Friday 26th June, 2020

Maximum Marks: 50
Note: All questions are compulsory. Draw neat sketches where required.
1. Give brief answers: (16) CLO-1
a) State the factors affecting rate of weathering in rocks?
b) State two reasons for the relative motion between the tectonic plates?
c) Name the type of igneous rock which makes up most of the oceanic crust and how it is
formed?
d) Name the mineral group which composes most part of the earth crust and why?
e) Define solid state recrystallization.
f) Why contact metamorphic zone is wider in the limestone than in the sandstone or shale?
g) What are the three conditions that must be satisfied for a substance to be a mineral?
h) Why the earthquake epicentres not uniformly distributed around the globe?

2. a). Describe how minerals can be used as geothermometers and geobarometers? (4) CLO-2
b). Describe different types of metamorphic processes. (4) CLO-2
c). Explain the process of formation of folds in rocks. (4) CLO-2

4. Explain the role of geology in civil engineering and what happens when civil engineers
ignore geology as an essential tool? (6) CLO-2

3. Differentiate between:
a) Joints and faults? (2) CLO-4
b) Clastic and non-clastic sediments? (2) CLO-4
c) Dyke and sill? (2) CLO-4

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4. Analyze the cross-section shown in figure-1. Using basic geologic principles, determine the
order of events from most recent to oldest. Note: A and B denote unconformity and fault
respectively. (10) CLO-4

Figure-1 Geological Cross-section.

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