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Buku Panduan Fakulti Sains: Sesi 2015/2016

maps and remote sensing imagery. The course also involves a Examination : 60%
total of some four weeks of fieldwork.
Medium of Instruction:
Assessment Methods: English
Continuous assessment : 100%
Soft Skills:
Medium of Instruction: CS3, CT3, TS2, LL3, EM2, LS2
English
References:
Soft Skills: 1. Montgomery, C.W. (1995). Environmental Geology (4th
CS4, CT4, TS3, LL3, LS2, KK1, EM2 Ed.). Wm. C. Brown Publishers,
2. Turner II, B.L., W.C. Clark, R.W. Kayes, J.F. Richards, J.T.
References: Mathews and W.B. Meyer, (Eds) (1995). The Earth As
1. Barnes, J. (1991). Basic Geological Mapping, Geol. Soc. Transformed By Human Action. Cambridge Univ. Press,
London Handbook Series. N.Y.
2. McClay, K. (1994). The Mapping of Geological Structures. 3. Tank, R.W. (Ed) (1975). Focus On Environmental Geology.
Geol. Soc. London Handbook Series. Oxford University Press, New York.
3. Lattman, L.H. and Ray, R.G. (1965). Aerial Photographs in
Field Geology, Hott, Rinehart and Winston, New York. SIG2009 GEOHYDROLOGY

Theories and geological aspects on groundwater existence.
SIG2006 BASIC PALEONTOLOGY Groundwater quality and water chemistry. Geohydrology of
selected geological setting and groundwater resource
Study of invertebrate macrofossils, trace fossils, and plant fossils management.
in terms of morphology, taxonomy, palaeoecology,
biostratigraphy, evolution and palaeobiogeography. Assessment Methods:
Assessment Methods: Continuous assessment : 40%
Continuous assessment : 40% Examination : 60%
Examination : 60%
Medium of Instruction:
Medium of Instruction: English
English
Soft Skills:
Soft Skills: CS3, CT3, TS2, LL3, KK1, EM2, LS2
CS3, CT3, TS2, LL2, LS2, EM2
References:
References: 1. Fetter, C.W. (1994): Applied Hydrogeology, Prentice
1. Doyle, P. (1996) Understanding Fossils. Wiley & Sons, Hall, New Jersey; 691pp.
Chichester, 409 pp. 2. Todd, D.K. and Mays L.W., (2005): Groundwater Hydrology
rd
2. Clarkson, E.N.K. (1998) Invertebrate Palaeontology and (3 Edition). John Wiley & Sons, New York
th
Evolution (4 Ed.). Blackwell Science, Oxford. 452 pp. 3. Patrik A. Domenico & Franklin W. Schwartz, (1990):
3. Benton,M. (1997). Basic Palaeontology. Longman, Hong Physical and Chemical Hydrogeology. John Wliey & Sons,
Kong. 342 pp. Singapore 824pp

SIG2007 INTRODUCTION TO GEOPHYSICS SIG2010 GIS APPLICATIONS IN GEOSCIENCES

Theory of geophysical methods (seismic gravity magnetic and Fundamentals of GIS theory and data formats. Importance of
electrical). Data acquisition and reduction of data. Problems in map projection, scale, resolution, accuracy and precision.
data acquisition and reduction. Sources of geophysical Techniques in preparing, locating, acquiring, inputting and
anomalies. Analysis and interpretation of anomalies and translating geological data into a GIS system. Web resources for
modeling. Application in exploration and industries. acquiring GIS data and tools. Visualization, query and analysis
of geospatial data.
Assessment Methods:
Continuous assessment : 40% Assessment Methods:
Examination : 60% Continuous assessment : 100%

Medium of Instruction: Medium of Instruction:
English English

Soft Skills: Soft Skills:
CS3, CT3, TS-TS2, LL2, LS2, EM2 CS3, CT3, TS2, LL2, EM2, LS2

References: References:
1. Sheriff, R.E. and Geldart, L.P. (1995). Exploration 1. Chang, K. (2013) Introduction to Geographic Information
Seismology. (2nd. Ed.). Cambridge University Press. Systems. 7th Edition. McGraw Hill, Boston.
2. Telford, W.M., Geldart, L.P. and Sheriff, R.E. (1990). 2. Lo, C.P. & Yeung, A.K.W. (2007). Concepts and techniques
Applied Geophysics (2nd.Ed.) Cambridge University Press. of geographic information systems. 2nd Edition. Prentice
3. Robinson and Coruh (1988). Basic Exploration Geophysics. Hall, New Jersey.
John Wiley and Son. 3. Bolstad, P. (2012) GIS Fundamentals: A First Text on
th
Geographic Information Systems. 4 Edition. Atlas Books.
SIG2008 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
SIG2011 GEOLOGICAL LABORATORY ANALYTICAL
Geological features associated with man's physical environment, TECHNIQUES
including landforms as well as internal and external geological
processes. Impacts of man's activities and structures on the This is a practical course teaching chemical analysis techniques
dynamic earth. Environmental Impact Assessments. which are widely used to solve problems in geology and
hydrogeology. Students will use up-to-date scientific instruments
Assessment Methods: and techniques such as X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), X-Ray
Continuous assessment : 40% Fluorescence (XRF), Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) and Gas
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