Syllabus
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Course Code: GT-905 Course Name: Geoscientific Instrumentation and Analytical Techniques |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Introduction: uses of analytical techniques, evolution with technological development, importance of sophisticated instruments and accurate analysis. Sample and sampling in geoscience, modal count techniques, techniques of photography in geosciences. | |
| 2 | Preparation thin section and polished section making: cutting, grinding and polishing; powder sample preparation crushing & pulverizing. Techniques in microfossils slide preparation. Remote sensing and GIS techniques: aerial photograph studies, image interpretation and classification techniques. | |
| 3 | Sedimentological techniques: sieves & sieve shaking. Sample etching & staining, heavy minerals & clay minerals methods, size & shape of sediments studies. Geochemistry techniques: flame photometer, UV spectrophotometer, (AAS) Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry, ICP-Mass spectrometry, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, Electron microscopy and electron-probe microanalysis, cathodoluminescence & thermoluminescence spectrometry. | |
| 4 | Engineering geology techniques & instrumentation: in-situ and lab testing of strength of materials. Hydrogeological techniques & instrumentation: groundwater flow measurement, water quality measurement and water harvesting systems. Geophysical instrumentations: principles, working and data acquisition. | |
