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SII1002 EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES
ACADEMIC STAFF
Processes that change the earth's surface. Weathering.
HEAD:
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ng Tham Fatt, BSc, MPhil, PhD (Mal), Erosion and deposition by natural agents. Rock cycle.
Structural Geology, Engineering Geology. Diagenesis and sedimentary rocks. Principles of stratigraphy,
correlation, and facies.
Assessment Methods:
PROFESSOR:
Prof. Dr. Azman Abdul Ghani, BSc (Mal), PhD (Liverpool). Continuous assessment : 40%
Mineralogy, Igneous Petrology. Examination : 60%
Prof. Dr. Ismail Yusoff, BSc (Mal), MSc (Norwich), PhD References:
(Norwich) Hydrogeology.
1. Lutgens, F. et al. (2017) Essentials of Geology (13th
ed), Pearson, 608 pp.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR:
Dr. Masatoshi Sone, BSc (Deakin), PhD (New England) 2. Marshak, S. (2015) Earth: Portrait of a Planet (5th ed),
Palaeontogy, Micropalaeontology & Regional Geology. W.W. Norton & Company, 984 p.
3. Boggs, S. (2016) Principles of Sedimentology and
Stratigraphy (5th ed). Pearson, 600 pp.
SENIOR LECTURER:
Dr. Ros Fatihah Hj. Muhammad, BSc, PhD (Mal). 4. Nichols, G. (2009). Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
Geomorphology, Environmental Geology. Second Edition. Wiley-Blackwell, 432 pp.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Meor Hakif Amir Hassan, BSc, MSc (Mal). 5. Prost G.J. & Prost B.P., (2018) The Geology
Companion: Essentials for Understanding the Earth.
PhD (Lond), DIC. Sedimentology. CRC Press, 469 p.
Dr. Jasmi Hafiz Abdul Aziz, BSc, MSc (Mal). PhD
(Clausthal). Economic Geology.
Dr. Ahmad Farid Abu Bakar, BSc, MSc, PhD (Mal). SII1003 GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES AND MAPS
Environmental Geology.
Dr. Noer El Hidayah Ismail, BSc, MSc, PhD (USM). The principles of structural geology and geological map
interpretation. Nature and morphology of geologic structures,
Geophysics
Dr. Khairul Azlan Bin Mustapha, BSc, MSc, PhD (Mal). including folds, faults, foliations, and igneous bodies.
Petroleum Geology. Description, identification, and interpretation of structures on
Dr. Lin Chin Yik, BSc (UMS), MSc (UMS). PhD (Cambridge), geologic maps. Construction of cross-sections and
interpretations of geologic history
Carbonate Sedimentology
Dr. Hijaz Kamal Hasnan, BEng, MEng (Adelaide). PhD
(Mal/ANU), Petroleum Geology, Digital Rock Physics Assessment Methods:
Dr. Muhammad Hatta Roselee, BSc, MSc (Mal). PhD (UKM). Continuous assessment : 60%
Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry, Geochronology Examination : 40%
References:
1. Clarke, S.M., Stimpson, I & Leslie, G, (2020) Advanced
Latest information about the Department, including research
activities and publications of the academic staff can be Geological Mapping: A Field Guide. Hoboken, ISBN
9781119084587
obtained through the web site: http://geology.um.edu.my
2. Mukherjee, S. & Bose, N., (2017) Map Interpretation for
Structural Geologist, Elsevier, ISBN 9780128096819
3. Kruhl, J.H. (2017) Drawing Geological Structures. Wiley
COURSE SYNOPSIS
Blackwell, ISBN 9781119387244
4. Bennison, G.M., Olver, P.A. & Moseley, K.A. (2012) An
LEVEL 1 COURSES
Introduction to Geological Structures and Maps. (5th Ed.),
Springer-Verlag, ISBN 9781461596325.
SII1001 INTRODUCTION TO THE EARTH
5. Weijermars, R., (2011). Structural Geology Map
Interpretation (e-book).
Origins and structure of the Earth. Mineral and rocks. Rock Available at http://ocw.tudelft.nl/courses/applied-earth-
cycle and geological time. Plate tectonics as a force in the sciences/structural-geology-map-
formation of earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain ranges and
continental drift. interpretation/readings/2015.
6. Fossen, H., (2016). Structural Geology, 2nd Ed.
Assessment Methods: Cambridge University
Continuous assessment : 40% Press, 463 p.
Examination : 60%
SII1004 MINERALOGY
References:
1. Skinner and Porter (2020), The Dynamic Earth: An Examination of mineral hand specimens. The study of primary
th
Introduction to Physical Geology (5 Ed.), John Wiley and characteristics of minerals such as crystal systems, crystal
Sons Inc. habits, hardness, lustre, colour etc.
2. Lutgens and Tarbuck Lutgens and Tarbuck (2017). The use of petrographic microscope for the identification of
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Essentials of Geology (13 Ed.), Pearson Prentice Hall minerals based on optical properties. The course introduces
3. Marsak, S. (2015) Earth: Portrait of a Planet (5th ed), some of the concepts used in crystallography, and some of
W.W. Norton & Company, 984 p. the chemistry behind mineralogy. Students are also
4. Prost G.J. & Prost B.P., (2018) The Geology Companion: introduced to the rock forming minerals in a systematic way
Essentials for Understanding the Earth. CRC Press, 469 and learn to identify them using the petrographic microscope
p. and standard reference texts.
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