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As you Asking for the Syllabus of the Basic Concepts of Geology Subject of the BSC Semester I of the Jammu University the Syllabus is As Follow

Basic Concepts of Geology
UNIT-1
Origin of Earth: Kant-Laplace, Jeans and Jeffrey’s, Big Bang Theories
Geochronology and its application in Geology, Radioactive dating Methods: K-Ar,
C-14 and U-Pb methods.
Earthquakes: Earthquake belts of the world, seismic zones of India. earthquake
predictions
Volcanoes: Classification of volcanoes, volcanic landforms and distribution of volcanoes
Weathering: Controlling factors of weathering, Types of weathering. Karst topography:
Erosional and depositional features of Karst topography.


UNIT-2
Fluvial Process: River profile, Stream types, Drainage pattern, erosional and deposional
features produced by river.
Aeolian process: Processes of Aeolian erosion, erosional and deposional features
produced by wind.
Glaciers: Their types, erosional and deposional features produced by glaciers, glaciations
through geological ages.
Unconformities: Formation, types and recognition in the field.
Folds and faults: Morphology and Classification.

UNIT-3
Minerals: classification of silicate minerals based on silicate structure.
The significance of physical properties and their utility in identification of minerals,
MOhs scale of hardness.
Physical properties and chemical composition of Feldspar and Mica Groups.
Physical properties and chemical composition of Amphibole and Pyroxene Groups.
Physical properties and chemical composition of Garnet and Olivine Groups.

UNIT-4
Crystal structure, morphology of crystals division of different crystals into normal crystal systems
Crystallographic axes and axial angles, notation of faces on parameters of Weiss and Miller indices.
Crystal Symmetry and forms of Normal classes of Cubic, tetragonal and Hexagonal Systems
Crystal Symmetry and forms of Normal classes of Orthorhombic, Monoclinic and Triclinic systems
Twinning: Twin crystals, Twin axis, twin planes, composition planes, Twin laws and different types of twinning

UNIT-5
Petrological microscope: construction and working.
Polarized light, Pleochroism, Birefringence, Interference colours.
Extinction and its types, extinction angle, isotropism and anisotropism
Reflection, double refraction, Nicol prism and its construction and function.
Refraction. Refractive index: methods of its determination, critical angle.


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