UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN MARINE SCIENCE
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

SYLLABUS

Semester II - Allied Subject II - Geology II

Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 75
Credits: 4

Unit I

Petrology

Definition-Rocks, their general classification into igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic - Forms and structures of igneous rocks- Textures - Classification of igneous rocks - Bowen's reaction series - Differentiation and Assimilation - An outline of classification of sedimentary rocks -Textures and Structures of sedimentary rocks - Definition - agents and kinds of metamorphism - Zones, grades and facies of metamorphism - Textures and Structures of metamorphic rocks.

Unit II

Economic Geology

Processes of mineral formation - Classification of Mineral deposits - Brief study of Gold, lron, Copper, Manganese, Lead & Zinc, Bauxite, Coal and Petroleum

Unit III

Hydrogeology

Groundwater in hydrologic cycle - Origin of water - Meteoric - Juvenile - Magmatic and Seawater - Brief description of porosity, specific yield, specific retention and permeability - Types of aquifers: Unconfined Confined - Perched - Aquifuge - Aquitard - Aquiclude - Groundwater recharge - Articificial recharge - Groundwater movement: Darcy's law - Groundwater basins of Tamil Nadu.

Unit IV

Environmental Geology

Introduction to Environmental Geology - Brief account of different energy systems - Short account of renewable and non-renewable resources - Mitigation and Disaster and remedial measures relating to natural hazards - effects of urbanization on quality of surface waters and causes for groundwater pollution - Impacts of man on environment - Types of Pollution.

Unit V

Engineering Geology

Role of engineering geology in civil construction and mining industry - Various stages of engineering geological investigation for civil engineering projects - Engineering properties of rocks - Brief study of Geological consideration of Dams and Reservoirs - Tunnels

Books Recommended

Petrography and Petrology by F.F. Grout, McCraw Hill, New York, 1932

Theoretical Petrology by T.F.W. Barth, John Wiley and Sons, NewYork, 1952

The Evolution of Igneous rocks by N.L. Bowen, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1956.

The Origin of Metamorphic and Metasomatic Rocks by H.Ramberg, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1958

Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology by F.J. Turner and J. Verhoogen. McGraw Hill, New York, 1960.

Petrology of Igneoous rocks by Hatch and Wells, Thomas Murphy, 1961.

Petrology by W.T. Haung, McGraw Hill Book Co, 1962.

Metamorphic Petrology By F.J. Turner and J. Verhoogen, McGraw Hill, New York, 1968.

The Sedimentary Rocks By F.H. Hatch and R.H Rastal, London, 1971.

Petrology of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks by Donold w.Hyndrnan, McGraw Hill Book, 1972.

Petrognesis of Metamorphic rocks by F.H. Winkler, Narosa Publishers, New Delhi, 1974.

Petrology of the Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks of India by S.C. Cnatterjee, Macmillan Co., India Ltd., Bombay, 1974.

Sedimemary rocks by E.J. Pettijohn, Harper and Row, London, 1975.

Petrology for students by N.R. Nockolds, R.W. O'know and G.A. Channer, Cambridge University Press, 1978.

Sedimentary Petrology by H. Blatt, W.h. Freeman and Co., New York. 1992.

Economic Mineral Deposits by A.N. Bateman, Asian Publishing House, 1962.

Ore Deposits of India by Gokhale and Rao, Thomson Press, New Delhi, 1972.

India's Mineral resources by S. Krishnaswamy, Oxford TBH Publishing Co., New Delhi, 1979.

Ground water Hydrogeology by D.K. Todd, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1980.

Groundwater by H.M Raghunath. 2^nd edition, Wiley Eastern Ltd.. New Delhi, 1987.

Ground water by S. Ramakrishnan, K.J. Grapharts, Chennai, 1998.

Hydrogeology by Davis and Dewiest, John Wiley and sons, Inc., New York.

Engineering Geology by Legget

Environmental Geoscience by A.N. Strahier and A.M. Strahier, Hamilton Publishing Co., Santa Barbara, 1973.

Environniental Geology by D, R. Coates, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1981.

Environmental Geology by C.W. Montgomery, Wm.C. Brown Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa, 1989.

Principles of Engineering Geology by Krynine, D.H. and Judd, W.R., CBS edition, 1998.

Engineering Geology by Fox, C.S.

Rock engineering applications by Franklin, J.A and Dusscault.