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3. Diessel, C.F.K. (1992). Coal-bearing depositional SIG3012 ADVANCED IGNEOUS PETROLOGY
systems. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
4. Stach, E., Mackowsky, M. Th., Teichmuller, M., Taylor, Microscopic examination and interpretation of igneous rock.
G.H., Chandar, D. and Teichmuller, R. (1982). Stach's Interpretation of geochemical variation diagram. Generation
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Textbook of coal petrology, 3 edition. Gebruder of magma in the earth crust and mantle. Petrogenesis of
Borntraeger, Berlin. basaltic and granitic rocks.

SIG3010 STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY II Assessment Methods:
Continuous assessment : 40%
Assessment Methods: Examination : 60%
Continuous assessment : 40%
Examination : 60% Medium of Instruction:
English
Medium of Instruction:
English Soft Skills:
CS3, CT3, TS2, LL3, LS2, EM2
Soft Skills:
CS3, CT3, LL2, EM2 References:
1. Shelly, D. (1992). Igneous and metamorphic rocks
References: under microscope: classification, textures,
1. Passchier, C.W. & Trouw, C.W. (2005). Microtectonics. microtextures and mineral preferred orientation.
Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 289 p. Chapman & Hall.
2. Snoke, A.W., Tullis, J & Todd, V.R. (1998) Fault-related 2. Rollinson, H. R. (1993). Using geochemical data:
Rocks. A Photographic Atlas. Princeton Univ. Press, evaluation, presentation and interpretation. Longman.
New Jersey, 617 p. 3. Cox, K. G., Bell, J. D. and Pankhurst, R. J. (1979). The
3. Passchier, C.W., Trouw, C.W. & Wiersma, D.J. (2010). interpretation of igneous rocks. George Allen and
Atlas of Mylonites- and related microstructures. Unwin, London.
Springer-Verlag, 322 p. 4. Winter, J.D., 2011. Principles of Igneous and
4. Fossen, H. (2010) Structural Geology. Cambridge Metamorphic Petrology. Pearson Education Limited.
University Press. 5. Gill, R., 2010. Igneous Rocks and Processes: A
Practical Handbook. Wiley Blackwell..
SIG3011 TECTONICS AND HISTORY OF THE EARTH
SIG3013 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
Introduction to Geotectonic and theory of Plate Tectonic. To
study the lithosphere, its composition and characteristics as Industrial training is the course designed for the B.Sc.
well as the processes that occurred on it. To examine the (Applied Geology). Student is required to follow the
tectonic regime (extension, compression and strike-slip) and industrial training program for a minimum of 2 weeks.
the associated subaerial and submarine regional structures Industrial training must be related to geology and the student
that developed on the lithosphere. Synthesis of geological, is required to prepare a presentation and a report for
geophysical and oceanographic data related to the structural evaluation. The training program will be briefed by the
patterns and evolutionary trends of the earth’s crust. industrial training program supervisor.
Evolution of the earth, its atmosphere, lithosphere,
biosphere and hydrosphere and the significance of these Assessment Methods:
events. Introduction to Archean, Proterozoic and Continuous assessment : 100%
Phanerozoic sequences and their inferences about the
conditions of the Earth, the changing paleogeography and Medium of Instruction:
the events that occurred during the respective geologic English
times.
Soft Skills:

Assessment Methods: CS6, CT5, TS3, LL3, KK2, EM2, LS2
Continuous assessment : 40%
Examination : 60% SIG3014 ADVANCED PALEONTOLOGY

Medium of Instruction: Advanced paleontological topics such as evolution,
English speciation, taxonomy and mass extinction. Vertebrate
paleontology of fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and
Soft Skills: mammals.
CS3, CT4, TS2, LL2, LS2, EM2 Introduction to Foraminifera, Conodonta, Ostracoda and
Radiolaria. Biostratigraphy and the evolution of these
References: microfossils.
1. Tjia, H.D. (1990). Tektonik. Univ. Kebangsaan
Malaysia Assessment Methods:
2. Park, R.G., (1993). Geological structures and moving Continuous assessment : 40%
plates. Blackie Academic & Professional. Examination : 60%
3. John J.W. Rogers, (1993). A history of the earth.
Cambridge University Press.
4. Read H.H. & Watson, J. (1975). Earth History. Vols 1 Medium of Instruction:
& 2. Macmillan Press. English
5. Kearey, P., Klepeis, K.A. and Vine, F.J, (2009). Global
Tectonics, 3rd Edition. February 2009, ©2009, Wiley- Soft Skills:
Blackwell. CS3, CT3, TS2, LL3, LS2, EM2
6. Frisch, W., Meschede, M. and Blakey, R.C. (2010).
Plate Tectonics: Continental Drift and Mountain References:
Building Hardcover, December 22, 2010. 1. Benton, M.J. (2000). Vertebrate Palaeontology.
Backwell Science U.K. 452 pp.
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