Syllabus
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Course Code: G-103 Course Name: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Theories of origin of Earth and a brief review of knowledge about the solar system. The Earth in relation to other planets and major surface features of the Earth. The Earth-Moon system. |
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| 2 | The Earth’s interior: the nature of the crust-mantle boundary, low velocity zone in the upper mantle, the chemical composition and mineralogy of the Earth’s crust, mantle and core, evidence from experimental petrology & study of meteorites, geochemical evolution of the Earth, thermal evolution and state of Earth, continental and oceanic heat flow and convection in mantle. |
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| 3 | Earthquakes, global seismicity, Earth’s internal structure derived from seismology, continental drift, Earth’s magnetic field, origin of geomagnetic fields, palae- omagnetism, polar wandering, sea-floor spreading, plate tectonics, triple junctions, hot spots & plumes. |
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| 4 | Major features of the Earth’s gravitational field and their relationship with tectonic processes in crust and upper mantle, geochronology: radiometric dating and its significance, mountain belts and new global tectonics, tectonic evolution of the Himalaya and the Indian shield. |
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