Department of Geophysics
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra

Doctoral

Programme Information (Doctoral)

Doctoral Programmes

 

Name of the Programme

Ph.D. in Applied Geophysics

Scheme of the programme

DEPARTMENT OF GEOPHYSICS

KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY KURUKSHETRA

 

Ph. D. Course Work (Main Subject)

 

Paper-I: Research Methodology

Time: 03 Hours                                                                                                           Credits: 04

Note: Five questions will be set and students are required to attempt four questions in all. Question No. 1 will be compulsory.

Geostatistics and Error Analysis: concepts of mean, mode, median, correlation, Attenuation relation/regression, Deterministic and probabilistic seismic hazard techniques, earthquake source parameters and their estimation, concept of magnitude and intensity scales, earthquake localization and seismic phases; Origin of Himalaya, tectonics & seismicity of Himalaya, different models of Himalaya, Basics of signal processing, DFT, FFT, fundamentals of linear and non-linear inverse problems and solutions, Ethics in research, Kurukshetra University palagrism rules and regulations, Meaning of H-Index, I-10 index, Impact Factor, citation index of different agencies, way of writing references.

 

Paper-II: Subject Elective

 

Time: 03 Hours                                                                                                           Credits: 04

Note: Five questions will be set and students are required to attempt four questions in all. Question No. 1 will be compulsory.

Concept  of  strong  motion: characteristics  of  earthquake  strong  ground  motion,  time  domain  and  frequency domain parameters of strong ground motion,  strong motion array and recorder, dynamics of vibration, vibration of a single degree of freedom system, earthquake response spectra, Strong motion networks in India, Modelling  of  strong  ground  motion:  Stochastic  modelling  technique,  concept  of  dynamic  corner frequency,  Empirical  Greens  function  technique,  Semi  empirical  technique  and  Composite  source modelling technique, hybrid technique.

 

Wave  attenuation:  geometrical  spreading,  scattering  and  intrinsic  attenuation,  Quality  factor  Q  and  its estimation using frequency domain methods, origin of coda waves, coda-Q and its estimation, estimation of  frequency  independent  and  frequency  dependent  Q  using  strong  ground  motion,  simultaneous estimation of source parameters and Q, concept of 3-D Q and its estimation.

 

Concept  of  earthquake  hazard,  vulnerability  and  risk,  probabilistic  versus  deterministic  approach  of estimating  earthquake hazard,  seismic quiescence/gaps,  Regression analysis for estimating  peak ground motion,  microzonation,  site  amplification,  concept  of  earthquake  resistant  design,  Indian  earthquake hazard scenario.

Receiver functions,  Seismicity  based  studies-  b-value,  fractal  and  multifractal  analysis,  Dq-q  analysis,  self similarity,   Ray tracing, Anisotropy, Time predictable model, GPS based studies in seismology,

 

Paper-III: Term Paper

 

Note: There will be no written test of Paper-III (Term Paper). However, the evaluation of Seminar and Research Assignment/literature/survey etc. will be done by the Departmental Research Advisory Committee.

 

It will comprise of the following two activities:

(i) Seminar in the thrust area(s) of the research work:           02 credits

(ii) Research assignment/ literature/survey, etc.         :           02 credits

 

For above two activities, students are required to contact their respective supervisors

 

DEPARTMENT OF GEOPHYSICS

KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY KURUKSHETRA

 

Ph. D. Course Work

 

Paper-I: Research Methodology

 

Time: 03 Hours                                                                                   Credits: 04 (100 Marks)

 

Note: Five questions will be set and students are required to attempt four questions in all. Question No. 1 will be compulsory.

Geostatistics and Error Analysis: concepts of mean, mode median, correlation, regression analysis.  Solutions of linear inverse problems: Least square solution, Minimum length solution,damped least square solution, Solution of non-linear inverse problems: Iterative methods.  A brief description of Global optimization techniques: Genetic algorithm, Simulation annealing techniques.

 

Paper-II: Subject Elective

 

Time: 03 Hours                                                                       Credits: 04 (100 Marks)

Note: Five questions will be set and students are required to attempt four questions in all. Question No. 1 will be compulsory.

Principles of Gravity method, concept of Geoid, Spheroid, variation of gravity with elevation and depth, determination of density, isostasy and gravity.  Gravity Prospecting Instruments: Absolute versus Relative measurements of Gravity, Pendulum apparatus, stable and unstable gravimeters, calibration of gravimeters, LaCoste-Romberg gravimeter, Wordern gravimeter.  Gravity survey on land: setting up of a base station, tide and drift corrections, the reduction of gravity data: the latitude adjustment, the elevation adjustment, the excess mass adjustment, terrain correction, Derivation of expressions for Bouguer correction and Terrain correction, Gravity anomalies: Bouguer anomaly, Free air anomaly and Isostatic anomaly, Gravity anomaly and isostasy.  Applications of gravity method in oil and mineral exploration.  Separation of residual and regional anomalies: Graphical method, direct computation, second derivative method, polynomial fitting method, wavelength filtering, downward continuation.

 

Paper-III

(a) Research and Publication ethics

 

Time: 2 Hours                                                                                      Credits: 02 (50 Marks)

Note: Three questions will be set and students are required to attempt two questions in all.  

Philosophy and Ethics: Introduction to philosophy and ethics, Scientific Conduct:  Ethics with respect to science and research, Kurukshetra University plagiarism rules and regulations, Publication Ethics: Best practices, conflicts of interest, Publication mis-conduct.

 

Impact Factor of journals, Matrics: h-Index, g-index, i-10 index, citation index of different agencies, ways of writing references. Developing research proposal in the field of Geosciences. Research approach and identifying gap areas from literature review; problem formulation and statement of research objectives.

 

 

(b) Seminar in Thrust area/Research Assignment/Literature Survey etc

Credits: 02 (50 Marks)

Note: There will be no written test of Paper-III (b). However, the evaluation of Seminar and Research Assignment/literature/survey etc. will be done by the Departmental Research Advisory Committee.

 

It will comprise of the following two activities:

(i) Seminar in the thrust area(s) of the research work:           01 credits

(ii) Research assignment/ literature/survey, etc.         :           01 credits

 

For above two activities, students are required to contact their respective supervisors 

 

 



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