Syllabus
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Course Code: B-GGY-502 Course Name: Exploration Geology & Remote Sensing |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Surface expression and indications of economic deposits; old working, gossans and cap rocks; geobotanical guides. | |
| 2 | Techniques of surface and subsurface sampling (pitting, trenching, drilling) and delineation of anomalies with typical examples. Elementary idea of geophysical investigation - resistivity surveys, Schlumberger and Wenner configuration. | |
| 3 | Remote sensing - concept; sources of remote sensing information; electromagnetic energy and spectrum; remote sensing platforms; Atmospheric effects - absorption bands; scale, brightness and tone, contrast ratio, spatial resolution and resolving power; detectability, recognizability, signature, texture and interpretation key | |
| 4 | Atmospheric scattering; ground resolution; photographic scale; relief displacement, vertical exaggeration, Aerial photographs - their types and uses. | |
