Syllabus
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Course Code: B-GGY-101 Course Name: Physical Geology and Geomorphology |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Significance of Geology to mankind; Geology and its branches - their interrelationship; solar system, theories of origin of earth, shape and size of earth, its relief features, interior of earth, meteorites and age of earth. | |
| 2 | Volcanoes - their types, products and causes; earthquakes - seismic waves, intensity scale, damage to life and property, causes; continental drift - Wegner’s concept, continental fit and evidence. Elementary ideas about sea floor spreading and plate tectonics. | |
| 3 | Basic concepts of geomorphology; weathering - physical, chemical and biological; soil profile and soil formation; mass wasting and drainage patterns. | |
| 4 | Erosional and depositional features of fluvial, arid and glacial geomorphic cycles; cycle concept in geomorphology, peneplanation, uplift and rejuvenation. | |
