GEOLOGY
UNIT I
GENERAL GEOLOGY:- Weathering: Types and Products - Geological work of wind, River, Groundwater, Glacier and Lakes - Origin, Interior and Age of the Earth.
UNIT II
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY:-Forms of Igneous rocks - Primary structures of Sediementary rocks - Types of folds - types of faults - Types of unconformity - Clinometer compass and its uses.
UNIT III
STRATIGRAPHY:- Principles of Stratigraphy - Correlation - Geological Time scale - General characterisitcs and descriptive study of the Archaean, Cuddapah, Vindhyan and Gondwana systems of Peninsular India - Cretaceous system of INDIA.
UNIT IV
PALEONTOLOGY:- Modes of preservation of fossils - Uses of fossils - Morphological characters of the following groups:- Lamellibrachia, Gasteropodis, Cephalopds, Brachiopods and Triobites.
UNIT V
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY:- Definition of Crystal - Faces - Forms - Interfacial angle - Symmetry - crystallographic axes - Laws of crystallography - Study of the Normal classes of six systems.
UNIT VI
MINERALOGY:- Petrological microscope, parts, accessories and uses - Physical properties of minerals - Descriptive study of the following:- Quartz and its varities, Feldspar, Pyroxene, Amphibole, Mica, Garnet - Andalusite, Kyanite, Sillimanite.
UNIT VII
IGNEOUS PETROLOGY:- Textures and Microstructures of Igneous rocks - Classification Bowen's reaction principle - Descriptive study of the following:- Granite, Syenite, Diorite, Gabbro and Ultramafies - Differentiation and Assimilation.
UNIT VIII
SEDIMENTARY AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY:- Classification of Sedimentary rocks - Descriptive study of Residual, Clastic and Organic deposits. Agents and kinds of metamorphism - Study of Greenschists, Amphibolites and Charnockites.
UNIT IX
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY -I :- Definition of Ore, Tenor, Gangue - Bateman's classification of Ore deposits - Study of the following processes:- Magmatic concentration, Hydrothermal, Evaporation, Placer Deposits and Oxidation and Supergene Enrichment - Origin and Occurrence of Coal and petroleum in Iindia.
UNIT X
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY - II:- Study of properties, mode of occurrence, Uses and Distribution in India of the following:- Gold, Iron, Aluminium and Copper. - Descriptive study and uses of the following:- Magnesite, Clay, Calcite and Phosphatic nodules.
GENERAL GEOLOGY:- Weathering: Types and Products - Geological work of wind, River, Groundwater, Glacier and Lakes - Origin, Interior and Age of the Earth.
UNIT II
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY:-Forms of Igneous rocks - Primary structures of Sediementary rocks - Types of folds - types of faults - Types of unconformity - Clinometer compass and its uses.
UNIT III
STRATIGRAPHY:- Principles of Stratigraphy - Correlation - Geological Time scale - General characterisitcs and descriptive study of the Archaean, Cuddapah, Vindhyan and Gondwana systems of Peninsular India - Cretaceous system of INDIA.
UNIT IV
PALEONTOLOGY:- Modes of preservation of fossils - Uses of fossils - Morphological characters of the following groups:- Lamellibrachia, Gasteropodis, Cephalopds, Brachiopods and Triobites.
UNIT V
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY:- Definition of Crystal - Faces - Forms - Interfacial angle - Symmetry - crystallographic axes - Laws of crystallography - Study of the Normal classes of six systems.
UNIT VI
MINERALOGY:- Petrological microscope, parts, accessories and uses - Physical properties of minerals - Descriptive study of the following:- Quartz and its varities, Feldspar, Pyroxene, Amphibole, Mica, Garnet - Andalusite, Kyanite, Sillimanite.
UNIT VII
IGNEOUS PETROLOGY:- Textures and Microstructures of Igneous rocks - Classification Bowen's reaction principle - Descriptive study of the following:- Granite, Syenite, Diorite, Gabbro and Ultramafies - Differentiation and Assimilation.
UNIT VIII
SEDIMENTARY AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY:- Classification of Sedimentary rocks - Descriptive study of Residual, Clastic and Organic deposits. Agents and kinds of metamorphism - Study of Greenschists, Amphibolites and Charnockites.
UNIT IX
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY -I :- Definition of Ore, Tenor, Gangue - Bateman's classification of Ore deposits - Study of the following processes:- Magmatic concentration, Hydrothermal, Evaporation, Placer Deposits and Oxidation and Supergene Enrichment - Origin and Occurrence of Coal and petroleum in Iindia.
UNIT X
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY - II:- Study of properties, mode of occurrence, Uses and Distribution in India of the following:- Gold, Iron, Aluminium and Copper. - Descriptive study and uses of the following:- Magnesite, Clay, Calcite and Phosphatic nodules.
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