Syllabus
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Course Code: MES-101 Course Name: The Biophysical Environment |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Environmental Science: Introduction, Principles and scope; environmental issues: local and global scales; man-made and natural hazards; Environment and sustainability Environmental Education: Introduction, principles and scope; Role of NGOs in Environmental protection; environmental ethics. |
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| 2 | Earth System: Origin structure and compositions; geological time scale; basic concept of plate tectonics and continental drift. Soil formation processes: weathering and erosion; transport and deposition of earth’s material by running water, wind, glaciers. Thermal, magnetic and gravitational fields of earth. |
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| 3 | Atmosphere: Composition and structure; heat budget, lapse rate , thermal inversion and mixing height; cloud formation, winds, coriolis force; waves and currents; ocean circulation and global pressure belt system, El nino, La nina and monsoons, Applied aspects of meteorology: weather and climate, spatial scales (micro, meso, synoptic and global scales), wind roses. |
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| 4 | Environmental components and their interactions; aquatic ecosystem: Classification, salient features of fresh and marine ecosystems; Basic concepts of floristic realms and biogeographical regions; biogeographical regions of India. | |
