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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