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

SYLLABUS

Semester V - Paper VIII - Petrology and Coal Geology

Duration of Examination: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

Unit I

Physical and chemical composition of Petroleum - Occurrence and origin of Petroleum; Reservoir rock - Classification of reseroir traps; General - Structural - Stratigraphic traps - Salt domes.

Unit II

Kinds of surface naps - Isopach maps, Facies maps, Palaeogeologic maps and geophysical maps. Distribution of Petroleum in India - Oil fields of Western india, Ankleswar oil field, Cambay basin, Bombay High.

Unit III

Distribution of Oil fields of East Coast, Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Cauvery basins - Oil fields of Assam - Associated products and uses of oil and gas - Geologic and economic factors in Petroleum Industry.

Unit IV

Definition, origin of coal, stratigraphy of coal measures, Fundamentals of Coal petrology, peat, lignite, bituminous and anthracite coals; constituent of coal, Industrial application of coal petrology.

Unit V

Indian coal fields - Gondwana coal fields - Jharia, Raniganj, Karampura, Bokaro and Andhra Pradesh. Tertiary coal fields - Assam, Tamil Nadu (Neyveli) and Rajasthan.

Books Recommended

Geology of Petroleum - A. I. Levorsen, CBS Pub. Dir.

India's Mineral Resources - S. Krishnaswamy, IBH Pub. Co. Ltd New Delhi.

Industrial minerals and rocks - S. Deb. (1980) Allied Publishers. (P)