Syllabus
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Course Code: G-101 Course Name: Geology I |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | INTRODUCTION Earth science: its subdivisions and relation to other sciences. Historical development of geological thoughts. Geo-morphological processes: exogenic processes, weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition by wind; river; glacier; waves and tides. |
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| 2 | MINERALOGY AND
PETROLOGY Chemical nature of minerals, isomorphism, solid solution and polymorphism. Physical properties of minerals, classification of minerals, common rock forming and ore minerals and rock cycle. Texture, structure, mineralogy and classification of igneous rocks. Sedimentary rocks and their texture, mineralogy and classification. Metamorphic facies, texture, structures, mineralogy and classification of metamorphic rocks. |
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| 3 | STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY AND ENGINEERING GEOLOGY Primary and secondary structures in rocks, stress and strain, behaviour of rocks under stress, folds, faults, joints and unconformities- their definition, classification and criteria for recognition in the field and on maps. Shear zones, transform faults and lineaments. Elementary idea about Engineering Geology, geological materials used in construction. |
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| 4 | SURVEYING Principles of surveying and leveling, methods of surveying by chain, plane table, compass, dumpy level, theodolite and total station, Use of field instruments such as pocket compass, prismatic compass, clinometer compass, brunton compass, abney level, pedometer and altimeter. Indexing and reading of toposheet. |
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