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   PART - I

                                    

                                    Earth and planetary system; size, shape,
                                    internal structure and composition of the
                                    earth; atmosphere and greenhouse effect;
isostasy; elements of seismology; continents
                                    and continental processes; physical
                                    oceanography; palaeomagnetism, continental
                                    drift plate tectonics, geothermal energy.

                                    

                                    Weathering; soil formation; action of river,
                                    wind and glacier; oceans and oceanic
                                    features; earthquakes, volcanoes, orogeny
                                    and mountain building; elements of
                                    structural geology; crystallography;
                                    classification, composition and properties
                                    of minerals and rocks; engineering
                                    properties of rocks and soils, role of
                                    geology in the construction of engineering
                                    structures.

                                    

                                    Processes of ore formation, occurrence and
                                    distribution of ores on land and on ocean
                                    floor; coal and petroleum resources in
                                    India; ground water geology including well
                                    hydraulics, geological time scale and
                                    geochronology; stratigraphic principles and
                                    stratigraphy of India; basics concepts of
                                    gravity, magnetic and electrical prospecting
                                    for ores and ground water.

                                    

                                    PART - IIA: GEOLOGY

                                    

                                    Crystal symmetry, forms, twinning; crystal
                                    chemistry; optical mineralogy,
                                    classification of minerals, diagnostic
                                    properties of rock minerals.

                                    

                                    Mineralogy, structure, texture and
                                    classification of igneous, sedimentary and
                                    metamorphic rock, their origin and
                                    evolution; application of thermodynamics;
                                    structure and petrology of sedimentary
                                    rocks; sedimentary processes and
                                    environments, sedimentary facies, basin
                                    studies; basement cover relationship;

                                    

                                    Primary and secondary structures; geometry
                                    and genesis of folds, faults, joints,
                                    unconformities, cleavage, schistosity and
                                    lineation; methods of projection. Tectonites
                                    and their significance; shear zone;
                                    superposed folding.

                                    

                                    Morphology, classification and geological
                                    significance of important invertebrates,
                                    vertebrates, microfossils and palaeoflora;
                                    stratigraphic principles and Indian
stratigraphy; geomorphic processes and
                                    agents; development and evolution of
                                    landforms; slope and drainage; processes on
                                    deep oceanic and near-shore regions;
                                    quantitative and applied geomorphology; air
                                    photo interpretation and remote sensing;
                                    chemical and optical properties of ore
                                    minerals; formation and localization of ore
                                    deposits; prospecting and exploration of
                                    economic minerals; coal and petroleum
                                    geology; origin and distribution of mineral
                                    and fuel deposits in India; ore dressing and
                                    mineral economics.

                                    

                                    Cosmic abundance; meteorites; geochemical
                                    evolution of the earth; geochemical cycles;
                                    distribution of major, minor and trace
                                    elements; isotope geochemistry; geochemistry
                                    of waters including solution equilibria and
                                    water rock interaction.

                                    

                                    Engineering properties of rocks and soils;
                                    rocks as construction material; geology of
                                    dams, tunnels and excavation sites; natural
                                    hazards; the fly ash problem; ground water
                                    geology and exploration; water quality;
                                    impact of human activity; Remote sensing
                                    techniques for the interpretation of
                                    landforms and resource management.

                                    

                                    PART - II B: GEOPHYSICS

                                    

                                    The earth as a planet; different motions of
                                    the earth; gravity filed of the earth and
                                    its shape; geochronology; isostasy,
                                    seismology and interior of the earth;
                                    variation of density, velocity, pressure,
                                    temperature, electrical and magnetic
                                    properties inside the earth;
                                    earthquakes-causes and measurements;
                                    zonation and seismic hazards; geomagnetic
                                    field, palaeomagnetism; oceanic and
                                    continental lithosphere; plate tectonics;
                                    heat flow; upper and lower atmospheric
                                    phenomena.

                                    

                                    Theories of scalar and vector potential
                                    fields; Laplace, Maxwell and Helmholtz
                                    equations for solution of different types of
                                    boundary value problems for Cartesian,
                                    cylindrical and spherical polar coordinates;
                                    Green's theorem; Image theory; integral
                                    equations and conformal transformations in
                                    potential theory; Eikonal equation and ray
                                    theory.

                                    

                                    'G' and 'g' units of measurement, density of
                                    rocks, gravimeters, preparation, analysis
                                    and interpretation of gravity maps;
                                    derivative maps, analytical continuation;
                                    gravity anomaly type curves; calculation of
                                    mass.

                                    

                                    Earth's magnetic field, units of
                                    measurement, magnetic susceptibility of
                                    rocks, magnetometers, corrections,
                                    preparation of magnetic maps, magnetic
                                    anomaly type curve, analytical continuation,
                                    interpretation and application; magnetic
                                    well logging.

                                    

                                    Conduction of electricity through rocks,
                                    electrical conductivities of metals,
                                    metallic, non-metallic and rock forming
                                    minerals, D.C. resistivity units and methods
                                    of measurement, electrode configuration for
                                    sounding and profiling, application of
                                    filter theory, interpretation of resistivity
                                    field data, application; self potential
                                    origin, classification, field measurement,
                                    interpretation of induced polarization time
                                    frequency, phase domain; IP units and
                                    methods of measurement, interpretation and
                                    application; ground-water exploration.

                                    

                                    Origin of electromagnetic field elliptic
                                    polarization, methods of measurement for
                                    different source-receiver configuration
                                    components in EM measurements,
                                    interpretation and applications; earth's
                                    natural electromagnetic field, tellurics,
magneto-tellurics; geomagnetic depth
                                    sounding principles, methods of measurement,
                                    processing of data and interpretation.

                                    

                                    Seismic methods of prospecting: Reflection,
                                    refraction and CDP surveys; land and marine
                                    seismic sources, generation and propagation
                                    of elastic waves, velocity increasing with
                                    depth, geophones, hydrophones, recording
                                    instruments (DFS), digital formats, field
                                    layouts, seismic noises and noise profile
                                    analysis, optimum geophone grouping, noise
                                    cancellation by shot and geophone arrays, 2D
                                    and 3D seismic data acquisition and
                                    processing, CDP stacking charts, binning,
                                    filtering, dip-moveout, static and dynamic
                                    corrections, deconvolution, migration,
                                    signal processing, Fourier and Hilbert
                                    transforms, attribute analysis, bright and
                                    dim spots, seismic stratigraphy, high
                                    resolution seismics, VSP.

                                    

                                    Principles and techniques of geophysical
                                    well-logging, SP, resistivity, induction,
                                    micro gamma ray, neutron, density, sonic,
                                    temperature, dip meter, caliper, nuclear
                                    magnetic, cement bond logging. Quantitative
                                    evaluation of formations from well logs;
                                    well hydraulics and application of
                                    geophysical methods for groundwater study;
                                    application of bore hole geophysics in
                                    ground water, mineral and oil exploration.
                                    Remote sensing techniques and application of
                                    remote sensing methods in geophysics.

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annu Newbie Joined: 03Apr2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 19	Topic: Gate Syllabus of GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS Posted: 03Apr2007 at 10:50pm
	PART - I Earth and planetary system; size, shape, internal structure and composition of the earth; atmosphere and greenhouse effect; isostasy; elements of seismology; continents and continental processes; physical oceanography; palaeomagnetism, continental drift plate tectonics, geothermal energy. Weathering; soil formation; action of river, wind and glacier; oceans and oceanic features; earthquakes, volcanoes, orogeny and mountain building; elements of structural geology; crystallography; classification, composition and properties of minerals and rocks; engineering properties of rocks and soils, role of geology in the construction of engineering structures. Processes of ore formation, occurrence and distribution of ores on land and on ocean floor; coal and petroleum resources in India; ground water geology including well hydraulics, geological time scale and geochronology; stratigraphic principles and stratigraphy of India; basics concepts of gravity, magnetic and electrical prospecting for ores and ground water. PART - IIA: GEOLOGY Crystal symmetry, forms, twinning; crystal chemistry; optical mineralogy, classification of minerals, diagnostic properties of rock minerals. Mineralogy, structure, texture and classification of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock, their origin and evolution; application of thermodynamics; structure and petrology of sedimentary rocks; sedimentary processes and environments, sedimentary facies, basin studies; basement cover relationship; Primary and secondary structures; geometry and genesis of folds, faults, joints, unconformities, cleavage, schistosity and lineation; methods of projection. Tectonites and their significance; shear zone; superposed folding. Morphology, classification and geological significance of important invertebrates, vertebrates, microfossils and palaeoflora; stratigraphic principles and Indian stratigraphy; geomorphic processes and agents; development and evolution of landforms; slope and drainage; processes on deep oceanic and near-shore regions; quantitative and applied geomorphology; air photo interpretation and remote sensing; chemical and optical properties of ore minerals; formation and localization of ore deposits; prospecting and exploration of economic minerals; coal and petroleum geology; origin and distribution of mineral and fuel deposits in India; ore dressing and mineral economics. Cosmic abundance; meteorites; geochemical evolution of the earth; geochemical cycles; distribution of major, minor and trace elements; isotope geochemistry; geochemistry of waters including solution equilibria and water rock interaction. Engineering properties of rocks and soils; rocks as construction material; geology of dams, tunnels and excavation sites; natural hazards; the fly ash problem; ground water geology and exploration; water quality; impact of human activity; Remote sensing techniques for the interpretation of landforms and resource management. PART - II B: GEOPHYSICS The earth as a planet; different motions of the earth; gravity filed of the earth and its shape; geochronology; isostasy, seismology and interior of the earth; variation of density, velocity, pressure, temperature, electrical and magnetic properties inside the earth; earthquakes-causes and measurements; zonation and seismic hazards; geomagnetic field, palaeomagnetism; oceanic and continental lithosphere; plate tectonics; heat flow; upper and lower atmospheric phenomena. Theories of scalar and vector potential fields; Laplace, Maxwell and Helmholtz equations for solution of different types of boundary value problems for Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical polar coordinates; Green's theorem; Image theory; integral equations and conformal transformations in potential theory; Eikonal equation and ray theory. 'G' and 'g' units of measurement, density of rocks, gravimeters, preparation, analysis and interpretation of gravity maps; derivative maps, analytical continuation; gravity anomaly type curves; calculation of mass. Earth's magnetic field, units of measurement, magnetic susceptibility of rocks, magnetometers, corrections, preparation of magnetic maps, magnetic anomaly type curve, analytical continuation, interpretation and application; magnetic well logging. Conduction of electricity through rocks, electrical conductivities of metals, metallic, non-metallic and rock forming minerals, D.C. resistivity units and methods of measurement, electrode configuration for sounding and profiling, application of filter theory, interpretation of resistivity field data, application; self potential origin, classification, field measurement, interpretation of induced polarization time frequency, phase domain; IP units and methods of measurement, interpretation and application; ground-water exploration. Origin of electromagnetic field elliptic polarization, methods of measurement for different source-receiver configuration components in EM measurements, interpretation and applications; earth's natural electromagnetic field, tellurics, magneto-tellurics; geomagnetic depth sounding principles, methods of measurement, processing of data and interpretation. Seismic methods of prospecting: Reflection, refraction and CDP surveys; land and marine seismic sources, generation and propagation of elastic waves, velocity increasing with depth, geophones, hydrophones, recording instruments (DFS), digital formats, field layouts, seismic noises and noise profile analysis, optimum geophone grouping, noise cancellation by shot and geophone arrays, 2D and 3D seismic data acquisition and processing, CDP stacking charts, binning, filtering, dip-moveout, static and dynamic corrections, deconvolution, migration, signal processing, Fourier and Hilbert transforms, attribute analysis, bright and dim spots, seismic stratigraphy, high resolution seismics, VSP. Principles and techniques of geophysical well-logging, SP, resistivity, induction, micro gamma ray, neutron, density, sonic, temperature, dip meter, caliper, nuclear magnetic, cement bond logging. Quantitative evaluation of formations from well logs; well hydraulics and application of geophysical methods for groundwater study; application of bore hole geophysics in ground water, mineral and oil exploration. Remote sensing techniques and application of remote sensing methods in geophysics. Post Resume: Click here to Upload your Resume & Apply for Jobs

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