Syllabus
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Course Code: GT-902 Course Name: Advanced Stratigraphy, Palaeogeography and Paleoecology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Controls on development of stratigraphic records. Stratigraphic principles and nomenclature. Biostratigraphy: zonations and significance. Basics of Chronostratigraphy, Magnetostratigraphy, Cyclostratigraphy, Pedostratigraphy. | |
| 2 | Sequence Stratigraphy: definition, factors and controls of sequence stratigraphy. Basin analysis through sequence stratigraphy. Event stratigraphy: global bio-events, extinctions and radiations, global geo-events. Palaeogeography: palaeogeographic reconstructions, palaeogeography of India during Gondwana duration, Paleogene and Neogene. | |
| 3 | Palaeobiogeography: concepts, recognition, factors controlling geographic distribution of species. Palaeoecology: concepts of palaeoecology, application of community analysis in palaeoenvironmental reconstruction, mass extinctions, glacial cycles, global climate change. Temporal pattern of communities-evolutionary changes in fauna and flora with environments. | |
| 4 | Gondwana sequence of India: classification, distribution, stratigraphic succession, climatic vicissitude and economic significance of Gondwana sequence of India. Deccan volcano-sedimentaries, Tertiary stratigraphy of India with special emphasis on hydrocarbon resources. | |
