Course Outcomes

• Understand mineral deposits with reference to classification, various processes (Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic) of formation, and distribution in India. Various aspects of mineral exploitation will be cleared.
• Analyze the basics of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems along with the knowledge of surveying and mining geology.
• Acquire the knowledge of the stratigraphy of Extra-Peninsular India from Pre-Cambrian to Recent, including various kinds of deposits found there. Obtain the detailed characteristics of various phylum like protozoa, cnidaria, hemichordata, arthropoda, echinodermata, and brachiopoda, along with the basics of micropalaeontology and vertebrate palaeontology.
• Analyze the concepts of applied geology, like maps, prospecting, and field techniques, along with the concepts of environmental geology, including earth processes and geological hazards.
• Practically, they will be able to identify various rocks and to distinguish it from each other in hand specimens as well as under a microscope. Recognize and distinguish the invertebrate fossils belonging to different phyla.
• Execute blow pipe analysis for the identification of mineral powders. Implement the aerial photography for the interpretation of various geological, topographical, and structural features.
• They will be able to construct map sections, outcrop filling problems, and geometrical exercises related to unconformity, overlap, folding, and faulting.
• The field excursion will create a broad idea of any geological investigation with reference to minerals, rock types, structures, stratigraphy, geological mapping, mining, and economic importance.