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

SYLLABUS

Semester V - Paper IX - Geological Remote Sensing

Duration: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

UNIT I

Scope of Remote sensing in Earth Sciences, Remote Sensing applications in geological investigations.

UNLT II

Remote Sensing applications to lithology - Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic rocks, their physical properties, mode of origin and mode of occurrence - Lithological mapping using aerial photos and satellite imagery.

UNIT III

Remote Sensing and GIS applications to Geomorphology - Geometric agents, Processes and form, Geomorphological features and Classification, Interpretation of Drainage pattern and classification.

UNIT IV

Nature and type of land forms, denudational, structural, fluvial, marine, aeoilan. glacial and volcanic land forms, thir pattern and configuration.

UNIT V

Remote Sensing and GIS application to Geological investigation - Mineral resources, Groundwater. Petroleum, Engineering Geology and Environ mental Geology.

Books Recommended

Manual of Remote Sensing (2^nd edition), American Society of Photogrammetry, 1980.

Application of aerial photographs and remote sensing imagery to urban research and studies by Berling G.L and Roy, W.W., Monticell, 1995.

A guide to Remote Sensing and interpretations of images of Earth by Drury, S.A., Oxford Science Publications, 1989.

Remote Sensing of Environment by Joseph Lintz (Jr) and David Simonett, Addison Wesley Publishing Company, London, 1976.

Remote Sensing Methods and Applications by Michel, H.R., John Wiley and Sons, 1986.

Photogrammetry by Moffitt, M.H. and Mikhail, E.M., New York, III edition, 1992.

Principles and Applications of Photogeology by Pandey, S.N., Wiley Eastern, 1987.

Remote Sensing Principles and Interpretations by Sabins, F.F., 2^nd Ed. W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, 1994.

Elements of Photogrammetry by Wolf, P.R., McGraw- Hill International Book Company, 1993.