Syllabus
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Course Code: M-GEO-402 (core) Course Name: Hydrology and Oceanography |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Definition, nature, scope, importance and historical development of hydrology. 2. Relationship of hydrology with other physical sciences. 3. Hydrological cycle, estimation of global water budget, human impact on hydrological cycle |
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| 2 | 4. Rainfall: frequency, intensity and measurement accuracy, determination of average rainfall (arithmetic mean, Theiesson polygon, isohyetal methods); types of variations in rainfall. 5. Hydrograph: components, analysis, separation methods, affecting factors; variations in runoff, rainfall-runoff relationship. |
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| 3 | 6. Major topographic features of ocean basins, bottom relief of Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. 7. Sources, classification and distribution of ocean deposits, corals-origin, types and conditions for development; theories of the origin of coral reefs (Subsidence and Standstill). |
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| 4 | 8. Origin, causes, types and effects of the ocean currents; currents of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. 9. Oceanic temperature: distribution and causes of variation. 10. Composition of oceanic water and distribution of salinity. |
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