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

SYLLABUS

Semester II - Practical I - Paleontology and Structural Geology

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

PALEONTOLOGY

Study of important fossils from the following groups: Brachiopods, Cephalopods, Pelecypods, Gastropods, Graptolites, Corals, Echinoids, Crinoids, Blastoid, Trilobites and Plant Fossils.

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY

Contour maps and their interpretation - Exercises to predict trend of the outcrop of horizontal, vertical and inclined beds with respect to topography - Deciphering dip and strike of outcrops - Construction of map when 3 points over a bedding plane are given - Construction of vertical section - Order of superposition - vertical thickness of formation.

Reading of fold and fault maps - Construction of vertical sections - Determination of ages of structures - Geological history.

Solving simple dip and strike problems by Trigonometrical and graphical methods - determination of true thickness of beds by calculations Three point problems by trigonometrical methods.