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4. Marshak, S. (2012). Essentials of Geology (Fourth 3. James, N.P. & Dalrymple, R.W. (2010). Facies Models.
Edition). W. W. Norton & Company, 648 pp. ISBN-13: Geological Association of Canada, 586p.
978-0393919394. 4. Scholle, P.A., Ulmer-Scholle, D.S. (2003). A Color Guide
5. Sharp, Z. (2006). Principles of Stable Isotope to the
Geochemistry. Prentice-Hall, 360 pp. ISBN-13: 978- 5. Petrography of Carbonate Rocks: Grains, Textures,
0130091390. Porosity, Diagenesis. AAPG Memoir 77, 474p.
6. White, W.M. (2013). Geochemistry. Wiley-Blackwell 668 6. Flügel, E. (2004). Microfacies of Carbonate Rocks:
pp. ISBN-13: 978-0470656686. Analysis, Interpretation and Application. Springer,
7. White, W.M. (2015). Isotope Geochemistry. Wiley- 976p.
Blackwell, 496 pp. ISBN-13: 978-0470656709. 7. Flores, R.M. (2013). Coal and Coalbed Gas: Fueling the
Future Hardcover. Elsevier.
SIG2003 STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY I
SIG2005 GEOLOGICAL FIELD COURSE
Principles of deformation. Mechanism of faulting, folding and
related structures. Stereographic projections of geological Principles and techniques of preparing geological maps,
data. Description, interpretation and analysis of geological including field methods and the interpretation of topographic
structures and structural maps. maps and remote sensing imagery. The course also involves
a total of some four weeks of fieldwork.

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, TS2, LL2, EM2, LS2 CS4, CT4, TS3, LL3, LS2, KK1, EM2

References: References:
1. Hatcher, R.D., Jr. (1995). Structural Geology. 1. Lisle, R.J., Brabham, P. and Barnes, J.W. (2011). Basic
Principals, concepts, and problems 2 Ed. New York, Geological Mapping, 5th Edition. John Wiley & Sons
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Prentice Hall. 2. Barnes, J. (1991): Basic Geological Mapping. Geol. Soc.
nd
2. Park, R.G. (1989). Foundation of structural geology. 2 London Handbook Series. 118p.
Ed. Blackie. 3. McClay,K. (1994) : Mapping of Geological Structures.
3. Davis, G.H. and Reynolds S.J. (2001). Structural Geol. Soc. London Handbook Series. 161p
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geology of rocks and regions (3 Ed. New York, John 4. Lattman, L.H. & Ray, R.G. (1965): Aerial Photographs in
Wiley & Sons. Field Geology, Hott, Rinehart & Winston, N. York. 221p.
4. Van der Pluijm, B.A. & Marshak, S., (2003). Earth
Structure: An Introduction to Structural SIG2006 BASIC PALEONTOLOGY
Geology and Tectonics. WCB/McGraw-Hill.
5. Rowland, S.M., Duebendorfer, E.M. & Schiefelbein, I.M., Study of invertebrate macrofossils, trace fossils, and plant
(2007). Structural Analysis and Synthesis. A Laboratory fossils in terms of morphology, taxonomy, palaeoecology,
Course in Structural Geology. Blackwell Publ. biostratigraphy, evolution and palaeobiogeography.
Assessment Methods:
SIG2004 SEDIMENTOLOGY Continuous assessment : 40%
Examination : 60%
The study of processes of formation, transport and deposition
of material which accumulates as sediment and eventually Medium of Instruction:
forms sedimentary rocks. The course covers the physical, English
chemical and biological processes that result in sediment
transport, deposition, precipitation and lithification. The Soft Skills:
course also teaches the skill of interpreting ancient CS3, CT3, TS2, LL2, LS2, EM2
depositional history using sedimentological techniques.
References:
Assessment Methods: 1. Doyle, P. (1996) Understanding Fossils. Wiley & Sons,
Continuous assessment : 40% Chichester, 409 pp.
Examination : 60% 2. Clarkson, E.N.K. (1998) Invertebrate Palaeontology and
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Evolution (4 Ed.). Blackwell Science, Oxford. 452 pp.
Medium of Instruction: 3. Benton,M. (1997). Basic Palaeontology. Longman,
English Hong Kong. 342 pp.

Soft Skills:
CS3, CT4, TS2, LL3, LS2, EM2

References:
1. Nichols, G. (2009). Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Second Edition. Wiley-Blackwell, 432p.
2. Reading, H.G. (1996). Sedimentary Environments:
Processes, Facies and Stratigraphy. Blackwell Science,
688p.

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