Knowledge and Geological techniques Comments understanding and skills Contaminated land. Analysis of the issues Candidates will be Problems with the associated with the expected to have studied: management and remediation of one industrial toxic heavy metal remediation of brownfield site. contamination (e.g. industrial brownfield cadmium, mercury , sites associated with lead and arsenic) of toxic chemical soil and materials, ground groundwater instability, subsidence problems of ground and groundwater pollution and pollution. instability of former landfill sites remediation solutions (e.g. phytoremediation, solidification and stabilisation methods) Teachers may find the following resources helpful: Civil engineering work Simple analysis of rock slope should take account of stability involving friction angle geological factors to and orientation of rock avoid: discontinuities. problems of ground instability associated with weathering, dip of strata, folding, faulting, rock cleavage, joint Analysis of the suitability of patterns and fracture sites using a variety of density geological and geotechnical interference with the data. hydrological system: pore water pressure, surface and underground drainage (porosity, permeability, water table, aquifers)
Knowledge and understanding Geological techniques and skills Comments Contaminated land. Problems with the management and remediation of industrial brownfield sites associated with toxic chemical materials, ground instability, subsidence and groundwater pollution. Analysis of the issues associated with the remediation of one industrial brownfield site. Candidates will be expected to have studied: toxic heavy metal contamination (e.g. cadmium, mercury , lead and arsenic) of soil and groundwater problems of ground pollution and instability of former landfill sites remediation solutions (e.g. phytoremediation, solidification and stabilisation methods) Teachers may find the following resources helpful: Civil engineering work should take account of geological factors to avoid: problems of ground instability associated with weathering, dip of strata, folding, faulting, rock cleavage, joint patterns and fracture density interference with the hydrological system: pore water pressure, surface and underground drainage (porosity, permeability, water table, aquifers) Simple analysis of rock slope stability involving friction angle and orientation of rock discontinuities. Analysis of the suitability of sites using a variety of geological and geotechnical data.
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