CLUSTER UNIVERSITY JAMMU GEOLOGY
SYLLABUS – SEMESTER 1st (CBCS) – B.Sc. GEOLOGY
(CORE COURSE - PRACTICAL)
COURSE CODE : 1GELTC0101
TITLE: PHYSICAL AND STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
COURSE CODE : 1GELTC0101 CREDITS : 04
Total: 100 Marks
Internal Assessment Test: 20 Marks
Semester End Examination: 80 Marks
OBJECTIVE:
To impart knowledge about the Earth, its origin, age, characters, processes operating on the earth
and its structural features.
Unit-1 (12 Hours)
1. Introduction to geology and its scope. Earth and solar system: origin, size, shape, mass and
density and its atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere.
2. A brief amount of various theories regarding the origin and age of the Earth.
3. Elements of geochronology and its application in Geology. Radioactive dating methods:
U-Pb method and C-14 method.
4. Weathering: controlling factors of weathering, types of weathering.
5. Definitions of Erosion and Denudation, types of soils.
Unit-2 (12 Hours)
1. Interior of the Earth and its composition; nature of seismic waves and their application in
the study of internal structure of Earth.
2. Earthquakes: origin of earthquakes; their intensity and magnitude scale. Seismic zones of
India, earthquake prediction.
3. Volcanoes: types, products and causes of volcanism.
4. Karst topography: Erosional and depositional features of karst topography.
5. Earth movements: Exogenic and endogenic movements.
Unit-3 (12 Hours)
1. Fluvial process: River profile, drainage pattern, erosional and depositional features
produced by rivers.
2. Aeolian process: erosional and depositional features produced by wind.
3. Glaciers: types; erosional and depositional features produced by glaciers. Glaciations
through geological ages.
4. Contours, topographic and geological maps; Elementary idea of bed, dip and strike.
5. Outcrops, effects of various structures on the outcrops. Clinometer/Brunton compass and
its use.
Unit-4 (12 Hours)
1. Elementary idea of types of deformation; Folds: nomenclature and types of folds.
2. Faults: nomenclature, geometrical and genetic classification, normal, thrust and slip
faults.
3. Joints: Definition, types and significance.
4. Lineation: definition, Types, origin.
5. Foliations: definition; types and origin.
Unit-5 (12 Hours)
1. Unconformities: definition, kinds and their signinficance.
2. Recognition of the folds in the field.
3. Recognition of the faults in the field.
4. Uses of sedimentary structures to determine the top and bottom of beds in deformed
rocks.
5. Vertical and Horizontal tectonics: origin of Nappe, Klippe, Horst, Grabben and Window.
Books recommended:
1. Arthur Holmes, 1992. Principles of Physical Geology. Chapman and Hall, London.
2. Miller, 1949. An Introduction to Physical Geology. East West Press Ltd.
3. Spencer, E.V., 1962. Basic concepts of Physical Geology. Oxford & IBH.
4. Mahapatra, G.B., 1994. A text book of Physical geology. CBS Publishers.
5. Billings, M.P., 1972. Structural Geology. Prentice Hall.
6. Davis, G.R., 1984. Structural Geology of Rocks and Region. John Wiley
7. Hills, E.S., 1963. Elements of Structural Geology. Farrold and Sons, London.
8. Singh, R. P., 1995. Structural Geology, A Practical Approach. Ganga Kaveri Publ.,
Varanasi.
Note for paper setting:
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SETTERS AND CANDIDATES:
1. The question paper for Semester End Examination will consist of two parts:
a) Part A will comprise of short answer /objective type questions of 16 marks (five questions of 2
marks and six questions of 1 mark each) covering all five units.
b) Part B will comprise of eight questions of 16 marks each with two questions each from II, III,
IV and V units. The students will have to attempt four questions selecting one question from each
unit. Each question of 16 marks will have two parts: (i) long answer question of 12 marks (ii)
short answer question/numerical problem of 4 marks each. The duration of the examination will
be 2.5 hours.
2. The Internal Assessment Test will be held for unit I of the syllabus. It will comprise of two parts:
a) Part A consists of three long answer questions of 5 marks each and students will have to attempt
any two.
b) Part B consists of seven short answer questions of 2 marks each and students will have to attempt any five.
SYLLABUS – SEMESTER 1st (CBCS) – B.Sc. GEOLOGY
(CORE COURSE - PRACTICAL)
COURSE CODE : 1GELTC0101
TITLE: PHYSICAL AND STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
COURSE CODE : 1GELTC0101 CREDITS : 04
Total: 100 Marks
Internal Assessment Test: 20 Marks
Semester End Examination: 80 Marks
OBJECTIVE:
To impart knowledge about the Earth, its origin, age, characters, processes operating on the earth
and its structural features.
Unit-1 (12 Hours)
1. Introduction to geology and its scope. Earth and solar system: origin, size, shape, mass and
density and its atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere.
2. A brief amount of various theories regarding the origin and age of the Earth.
3. Elements of geochronology and its application in Geology. Radioactive dating methods:
U-Pb method and C-14 method.
4. Weathering: controlling factors of weathering, types of weathering.
5. Definitions of Erosion and Denudation, types of soils.
Unit-2 (12 Hours)
1. Interior of the Earth and its composition; nature of seismic waves and their application in
the study of internal structure of Earth.
2. Earthquakes: origin of earthquakes; their intensity and magnitude scale. Seismic zones of
India, earthquake prediction.
3. Volcanoes: types, products and causes of volcanism.
4. Karst topography: Erosional and depositional features of karst topography.
5. Earth movements: Exogenic and endogenic movements.
Unit-3 (12 Hours)
1. Fluvial process: River profile, drainage pattern, erosional and depositional features
produced by rivers.
2. Aeolian process: erosional and depositional features produced by wind.
3. Glaciers: types; erosional and depositional features produced by glaciers. Glaciations
through geological ages.
4. Contours, topographic and geological maps; Elementary idea of bed, dip and strike.
5. Outcrops, effects of various structures on the outcrops. Clinometer/Brunton compass and
its use.
Unit-4 (12 Hours)
1. Elementary idea of types of deformation; Folds: nomenclature and types of folds.
2. Faults: nomenclature, geometrical and genetic classification, normal, thrust and slip
faults.
3. Joints: Definition, types and significance.
4. Lineation: definition, Types, origin.
5. Foliations: definition; types and origin.
Unit-5 (12 Hours)
1. Unconformities: definition, kinds and their signinficance.
2. Recognition of the folds in the field.
3. Recognition of the faults in the field.
4. Uses of sedimentary structures to determine the top and bottom of beds in deformed
rocks.
5. Vertical and Horizontal tectonics: origin of Nappe, Klippe, Horst, Grabben and Window.
Books recommended:
1. Arthur Holmes, 1992. Principles of Physical Geology. Chapman and Hall, London.
2. Miller, 1949. An Introduction to Physical Geology. East West Press Ltd.
3. Spencer, E.V., 1962. Basic concepts of Physical Geology. Oxford & IBH.
4. Mahapatra, G.B., 1994. A text book of Physical geology. CBS Publishers.
5. Billings, M.P., 1972. Structural Geology. Prentice Hall.
6. Davis, G.R., 1984. Structural Geology of Rocks and Region. John Wiley
7. Hills, E.S., 1963. Elements of Structural Geology. Farrold and Sons, London.
8. Singh, R. P., 1995. Structural Geology, A Practical Approach. Ganga Kaveri Publ.,
Varanasi.
Note for paper setting:
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SETTERS AND CANDIDATES:
1. The question paper for Semester End Examination will consist of two parts:
a) Part A will comprise of short answer /objective type questions of 16 marks (five questions of 2
marks and six questions of 1 mark each) covering all five units.
b) Part B will comprise of eight questions of 16 marks each with two questions each from II, III,
IV and V units. The students will have to attempt four questions selecting one question from each
unit. Each question of 16 marks will have two parts: (i) long answer question of 12 marks (ii)
short answer question/numerical problem of 4 marks each. The duration of the examination will
be 2.5 hours.
2. The Internal Assessment Test will be held for unit I of the syllabus. It will comprise of two parts:
a) Part A consists of three long answer questions of 5 marks each and students will have to attempt
any two.
b) Part B consists of seven short answer questions of 2 marks each and students will have to attempt any five.
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