Marbles and aggregate materials

School  Natural Sciences
Academic Unit
 Geology Department
Level of Studies
 Undergraduate
Course Code
 GEO_609E
Εξάμηνο σπουδών  6ο
Course Title
 Marbles and aggregate materials
Independent Teaching Activities
 Lectures, Laboratory exercises
Weekly Teaching Hours
 2th+1lab
Credits  3
Course Type
 Scientific field
Prerequisite Courses
 Petrography I,II, Sedimentology
Language of Instruction & Examinations
Greek. Teaching may be however performed in English in case foreign students attend the course
Is the Course offered to Erasmus Students
 Yes
Course Web-Page (URL)  
Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course the student will be able to:

  • Use and exploitation of aggregate materials.
  • Ability of drawing up mineralopetrographic and physicomechanical study of rocks.
  • Management of dangerous quarry wastes and delimination of new possible areas.
  • Maintenance and restoration of ancient monuments.
General Competences
  • Searching, analysis and synthesis of facts and information, as well as using the necessary technologies
  • Autonomous (Independent) work
  • Group work
  • Respect of the physical environement 
Syllabus
  • Marbles and ornamental rocks- physical features, physicomechanical properties of marbles- allocation and varieties of marbles- applications of rocks- the marble in ancienty and in nowdays- databases.
  • Aggregate materials and rocks- mineralopetrographic examination, laboratory tests and classification of aggregates for their different uses. – existing legislative framework and environmental restoration.
Delivery  Face to Face
Use of Information & Communication Technology
 Lectures (power point), exercises, field exercises
Teaching Methods
 
Activity Semester workload
 Lectures  2×13=26
 Laboratory exercises 1×13=13 
 Independent study  36
 Total number of hours for the Course 75 
 Student Performance Evaluation

Α. Writing examination(20%) which includes short growth questions.

Β. Oral examination (80%) which includes the writing and the presentation of scientific thesis.
Attached Bibliography
  1. Hatzipanagiotou,Κ.G. (1985):Petrography Ι.University of Patras.
  2. Hatzipanagiotou,Κ.G. (2005):Petrography Ι.University of Patras.
  3. Tsirampidis, Α.Ε. (2005):The mineral richness of Greece..Yiachoudi, Thessaloniki.