Syllabus
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Course Code: G-104 Course Name: Geo-exploration |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Prospecting and exploration, history of geophysical methods, planning a prospecting PROGRAMME, various types of geo-exploration methods, electrical properties of rocks and minerals, a brief outline of various types of electrical methods, quantities measured in electrical methods, wenner and schlumberger methods of resistivity profiling and sounding. |
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| 2 | Magnetic properties of rocks and minerals, determination of rock densities, introduction to gravity and magnetic methods, gravity anomalies, quantities measured in gravity and magnetic prospecting. |
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| 3 | Seismic prospecting and seismology, elementary principles of reflection and refraction methods, quantities measured in seismic methods, two layered reflection and refraction problems, principles of radioactive methods, examples/case histories of application of various geophysical methods for minerals, coal, and oil, groundwater and geotechnical investigations. |
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| 4 | Geological prospecting criteria and guides to ore search, principles of geochemical and geo-botanical prospecting. Geological, geochemical and geo-botanical exploration for important metallic and non-metallic deposits with Indian examples. Elementary ideas about methods of drilling, core-logging and ore reserve estimation. Examples/case histories of application of geological methods of exploration. |
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