Geology
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Geology Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Geology (subject code 3132203) as prescribed for Mining · Semester 3 divides the course into 5 units, covering 23 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3132203)Unit 1 Earth Science
- - Earth Science and its branches
- Origin of Earth
- Earth as a planet in the Solar System
- Internal Structure of the Earth
Unit 2 Engineering Geology
- - Introduction to geological engineering
- Branches of geology
- scope of geology in Mining engineering
Unit 3 Plate Tectonics
- - The theory of Plate tectonics
- Continental drifts
- Mid-oceanic ridges
- Island archs
- Applications of the Plate tectonic theory
Unit 4 Degradational Geomorphic Processes
- Weathering its type and agent
- Denudation and Soil profile
- Geological work of river
- sea and Ground water
Unit 5 Mineralogy
- Physical properties of minerals
- Brief introduction of following mineral families:- Quartz
- Physical properties of following rock forming minerals :- Quartz crystal
- Nepheline, and Corundum
- Physical properties of following industrial minerals:- Talc
- Physical properties of following ore minerals: Magnetite
- 8 Subject Code: 3132203 w.e.f