Ph.D. in GEOLOGY

Syllabus for course work

No. of Theory Papers- 4

No. of Practical Paper- 1

1st Semester:

Course No. Credit Hours

MAG. 611

(Theory Compulsory)

- Geological Principles 4CH

MAG. 612

(Theory Elective)

- Developments in Geology 4CH

MAG. 613

- Research Methodology 4CH

MAG. 614

- Practical and/ or Field study 4CH

MAG. 615

-Review and Writing Research Papers 4CH

Syllabus for Ph.D. Course work

A. Course- MAG. 611(Theory Compulsory) Geological Principles 4CH

Unit- I

1. Principles of erosion, sedimentation and transformation of sediments to hard rocks. Sedimentary

environments. Laboratory techniques in sedimentary petrology. Field measurements of current

bedding, ripple marks; Plotting and analysis of field data.

2. Principles of ore formation and geology of important mineral deposits namely, Iron and Manganese ores

of Koira- Badbil region, Sukinda valley chromite deposits, Bauxite deoposits of Koraput, Malanjkhand

Cu deposit, Pb-Zn deposits of Rahjasthan.

Unit- II

3. Principles of Remote Sensing for geological investigation. Remote Sensing data products. Methods of

interpretation of aerial photographs and satellite images. Digital images. Digital image processing

methods.

4. Principles of Geomorphology and Geomorphic divisions of India; Characteristic land forms of each

division.

5. Methods of chemical analysis of water for carbonate, Sulphate, calcium, magnesium, acidity and

alkalinity;Hydrological cycle; Hydrological properties of rocks. Groundwater provinces of India.

Ground water exploration techniques. Well drilling techniques and installation. Ground water

exploration techniques. Well drilling techniques and installation.

Unit- III

6. Basic methods of geological mapping; Recording and analysis of planar and linear structural

data.Structural geology of Singhbhum -Gangpur belt, Sausar belt and Aravalli Belt.

7. Methods of geochemical analysis of SiO2, Al2O3, K2O, Na2O and CaO in rocks.IUGS Classification of

igneous rocks. CIPW Norms calculations; Discrimination diagrams for igneous rocks and their

interpretations.Important igneous provinces-. Singhbhum Granitic Complex, Syenites of Eastern Ghats

belt, DeccanBasalticProvince, Ultramafic rocks of Sukinda valley.

8. Metamorphism and classification of metamorphic rocks. ACF, AKF and AFM diagrams. Metamorphism

in Eastern Ghats Belt, Gangpur belt, Sausar belt.

Unit- IV

9. Formation of Soil. Soil erosion and conservation methods. Soil types of India

10. Engineering properties of rocks. Important hydel projects of India

Books Recommended for Paper MAG 611:

1) Pettijohn, F. J.: Sedimentary rocks

2) Reneick and Singh: Depositional Sedimentary environments

3) Lindholm., R. C., A practical Approach to Sedimentary rocks

4) Jenson, J. R. Remote Sensing of environment

5) B. C. Panda: Remote sensing principles and application.

6) Bateman, A. M.: Economic mineral deposits

7) Krishnaswamy, S., Mineral resources of India

8) Thurnbury, W. D.: Principles of Geomorphology

9) Holmes, A.: Principles of Physical Geology

10) Mathur, S. M.; Geomorphology of India

11) Todd, D. K.: Ground water Hydrology

12) Karanth, K. R.: Hydrogeology

13) Garg, S. P.: Ground water and Tube wells

14) Bose, M, K.: Igneous Petrology

15) Best, Igneous and Metamorphic petrology

16) Chatterjee, G. C., Igneous Rocks of India

17) N. ChennaKesavulu: Text Book of Engineering Geology

18) Bhaskar Rao, B.: Metamorphic Petrology

19) Harker, A.: Metamorphic Petrology

20) Mason, R., Petrology of Metamorphic Rocks

21) Winkler, H. J. F.,Petrogenesis of Metamorphic Rocks

22) Lahee: Field Geology

23) Marshak, S., and Mitra, G.: Basic Methods of Structural geology

24) Jeffery, P. G., and Hutchison, D.,: Chemical Methods of Rock Analysis

25) Pichamuthu, C. S., Physical geography of India

25) P. K. Guha, Remote sensing for the beginners

25) Lillesand, T. M., Keifer, R. W., Chipman, J. W.,:, Remote sensing and Image interpretation

Course- MAG. 612(Theory Elective) Developments in Geology 4CH

(Any one of the following)

Developments in Geology - A (Applied Structural Geology)

Unit- I

1. Planar and linear structural elements; their measurement and plotting and analysis.

2. Strain in rock; two dimensional and three dimensional measurement of strain.

Unit- II

3. Genesis and classification of folds.

4. Superposed folds and their geometrical analysis.

5. Analysis of joints and fault data and determination of paleostress.

Unit- III 6. Structural geology of Singhbhum-Gangpur and Eastern Ghats Belts.

7. Relationship between microscopic, megascopic and mesoscopic folds.

Unit- IV

8. Orogenesis, Oroges and their characteristic features.

9. Concept of plate tectonics. Wilson cycle.

10. Movement of Indian plate in the geological past and evolution of Kimalayan Belt.

Books Recommended for Paper MAG 612 (A)

1. Ghosh, S. K., Structural geology

2. Hobbs, B. E., Means, W. D., and Wiliams, P. F. : An outline of Structural geology

3. Ramsay, J. G., Folding and Fracturing of Rocks

4. F. J. Turner and Weiss,: Structural Analysis of metamorphic tectonites

5. Price, N. J. and Casgrove; J. W., Analysis of Geological structures

6. Condie, K. C.,Plate tectonics and crustal development

7. K. S. valdiya: Aspects of Tectonics

OR

Developments in Geology - B (Geospatial Technology)

Unit- I

1. Concept of Geospatial technology and its component.

2. Principles of Remote sensing and data acquisition systems.

3. Basic features of RS data products- imageries, radar images and digital images.

Unit- II 4. Characteristic features of digital Images

5. Image analysis and pattern recognisition; image enhancement reduction and magnification, contrast

enhancement.

6. Rationing. Spatial filtering, Edge enhancement. Special transformation. Thematic information

extraction,

Unit- III

7. Classification scheme. Training site selection; supervised classification.

8. Geographic information system, Data structure of GIS, Raster and vector data for geographical entities.

Unit- IV

9. Application of GIS in various fields of geology

10. Fundamentals of GPS and its use in mapping.

Books Recommended for Paper MAG 612 (B)

1) Bosler, J. G.,: Geospatial Science and Technology

2) Guha, P. K., : Remote sensing for the beginners

3) Jenson, J. R., : : Remote sensing of the Environment

4) Panda, B. C., : Remote sensing- Principles and Application

5) Jenson, J. R., : Introductory digital Image Processing

6) Lillesand, T. M., Keifer, R. W., Chipman, J. W.,: Remote sensing and Image interpretation

7) Campbell, J. B.: - Principles of Geographical Information System

8) Lo, C. P, and Yeung, A. K. W.,: Concept and Techniques of Geographic Information System

9) Panigrahi, N., : Geographical Information Science

10) Anji Reddy, M., : Remote sensing and Geographic Information System

11) Chandra, A. M., and Ghosh, S. K., : Remote sensing and Geographic Information System

OR

Developments in Geology – C (Environmental Geology)

Unit- I

1. Basic needs of man; Energy sources and requirements; Anthropogenic changes in ecosystem due to use

of earth resources;

2. Dynamics of human population, consumption of Non-renewable natural resources.

Unit- II

3. Concept of conservation of mineral resources.

4. Impact of mining activities on environment.

Unit- III

5. Natural hazards. Risk assessment analysis; Strategies for hazard mitigation.

6. Volcanic hazards. Management of Volcanic hazards.

7. Seismic hazards. Causes of Tsunamis. Seismic condition in India; Management of Seismic hazards and

Tsunamis.

Unit- IV

8. Cyclones and Turnado and management of damage caused by them.

9. Stability of hill slopes and Land Slide; controllinglandslides.

10. Environmental security and hazard zoning.

Books Recommended for Paper MAG 612 (C)

1. Valdiya, K. S.,: Environmental Geology- Indian Context

2. Keller, E. A.,: Environmental Geology

3. Coates, D. R. , : Environmental Geology

4. Betz, F (Jr.). (Ed.): Environmental Geology

5. Davis, S. N. et al., Geology and our Environment

6. Agrawal, a., Chopra, R., Suhia, K: The state of India’s Environment

7. Alien, R.: How to save the Earth

8. Down, C. G., and Stocks, J.,Environmental Impact of Mining

OR

Developments in Geology - D (Applied Economic Geology)

Unit- I

1. Oremineralisation in space and time. Economic mineral deposits with respect to plate tectonics.

2. Structural, lithological and stratigraphic control of mineralization. Mineral deposits of Singhbhum shear

zone.

Unit- II

3. Application of geochemistry in exploration of mineral deposits. Exploration of base metal and chromite -

nickel deposits of Orissa.

4. Geophysical methods for exploration of Metallic minerals and petroleum.

Unit- III

5. Coal petrography. Coal deposits of Orissa.

6. Petroliferous basins of India.

7. Methods of sampling, assaying, drilling and mining of mineral deposits.

Unit- IV

8. Beneficiation of metallic minerals/ ores and beach placers.

9. Pollution due to mining and mineral based industries and their management.

10. Environmental pollution due to mining and utilization of mineral deposits.

Books Recommended for Paper MAG 612 (D):

1) Banerjee, D. K. : Mineral resources of India

2) Bateman, A. M.: Economic mineral deposits

3) Aragyoswamy, R. H. P. Courses in Mining Geology

4) Dorbin, M.S.: Introduction to geophysical prospecting.

5) D. Chandra, Singh, R. M., and Singh, M. P.: Introduction to Coal

6) Gandir : Principles of Ore dressing-

7) D. Chandra, Singh, R. M. : Petroleum (Indian Context)

8) Gokhle, K. V. G. K. and Rao, :Ore deposits of India

9) Geology and Mineral resources of Orissa, SGAT publication

10) Hoover : Principles of Mining.

11) Valdiya, K. S.,: Environmental Geology- Indian Context

12) Dasmann, R. F.: Environmental Conservation

OR

Developments in Geology - E. (Applied Hydrogeology)

Unit- I

1. Concept of hydrological cycle.

2. Measurement of surface run off; infiltration and evaporation of running water and underground water.

Unit- II

3. Ground water flow (steady, unsteady and radial); Darcy's Law; Storage equation.

4. Aquifers and their classification.

Unit- III 5. Fresh and salt water interaction in coastal and inland areas; Ground water conditions in different parts

of India; Case study of management of coastal aquifers of Cuttack-Puri districts.

6. Quality of ground and surface water.

7. Surface and ground water pollution and their management,

Unit- IV

8. Geological and Geophysical prospecting of ground water.

9. Well drilling techniques in different types of geological conditions.

10. Concept of watershed and their management.

Books Recommended for Paper MAG 612 (E)

1) Todd, D. K.,: Ground water Hydrology

2) Karanth, K. R., : Hydrogeology

3) Garg, S. P.,: Ground water and Tube wells

4) Davis, S. N., and Dewiest: Hydrogeology

5) Walston, W. C.,: Ground water resource evaluation

Course- MAG. 613 Research Methodology 4CH

Qualitative Analysis and Computer Application

Unit- I

Application of statistical concepts/ procedures, Data, Diagrammatic representation of data, Probability,

Measures of central tendency, Measures of dispersion, Skewness and Kurtosis, Normal distribution, Simple

correlation, multiple correlation, regression analysis, Sampling, Simple random sampling, Systematic

sampling .

Unit- II Testing of hypothesis tests, X2 (Chi-square) , t and F-test; Analysis of variance, covariance; Principal

component analysis, Experimental design, Completely randomized block design, randomized block design,

Latin square design. One-way analysis of variance, two-way analysis of variance, Follow-up tests; Non-

parametric procedures; Writing of Research report.

Unit- III Windows and or Linux operating system; Programming fundamentals; Basics of high level Programming

language- C, Editing, Compilation and running a programme, storing data; Elementary numerical methods.

Plotting graph; preparing paper? Report using latex.

Unit- IV

Learning software packages specific to Applied Geology. ERDAS- for image processing; 21st Century GIS

and ARC GIS; Petrological data analysis software (Petrofest), Groundwater data analysis software

(MUDFLOW).

Course- MAG. 614 Practical and/ or Field study. 4CH

Course- MAG. 615 Review and Writing Research Papers 4CH