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UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN Industrial-Geology
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)
SYLLABUS
Semester IV - Paper VI - Hydrogeology and Remote Sensing
Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4
Hydrogeology
Unit I
Groundwater in hydrologic cycle - Origin of water - Meteoric - Juvenile - Magmatic and Seawater - Occurrence - Vertical distribution - Zones of aeration and saturation, water table - Springs - Rock properties affecting groundwater.
Brief description of types on interstices, porosity, specific yield, specific retention and permeability.
Unit II
Types of aquifers: Unconfined - Confined - Perched - Aquifuge - Aquitard - Aquiclude - Ground water levels and a short account of causes for their fluctuations - Groundwater recharge - Artificial recharge.
Unit III
Groundwater movement: Darcy's law - Physical and chemical properties of water quality criteria for different uses.
Ground water exploration - Surface methods - Electrical resistivity method.
Groundwater basins of Tamil Nadu.
Remote Sensing
Unit IV
Definition - Electromagnetic spectrum - Short account of different remote sensing systems - Platform - Sensors.
Photogeology: Aerial photographs -Types of aerial photographs - vertical and oblique photographs - Photoscales - Mosaic.Unit V
Stereoscopy: Description of lens and mirror stereoscopes - Procedure to use them for the study of stereopairs - An outline of photo recognition elements and their application in geological studies.
Books Recommended
Modern Hydrogeology by Raphael G. Kazmann, Harper and Row Pub., New York, 1972.
Ground water Hydrogeology by D.K. Todd, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1980.
Groundwater by H.M Raghunath, 2nd edition, Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi, 1987.
Introduction to Hydrogeology by Jr. Warren Viessman, Gary L. Lewis and John W.Knaff, 3rd edition, Harper and Row Publishers, Singapore, 1989.
Ground water by S. Ramakrishnan, K.J. Grapharts, chennai, 1998.
Hydrogeology by Davis and Dewiest, John Wiley and sons, Inc., New York.
Photogeology by C. Miller, McGraw Hill Co.Inc., New York, 1961.
Principles and Applications of Photogeology by S.N. Pandey.
Remote Sensing by Lillesand and Keifer, McGraw Hill Co. Inc., New York.
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