JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
II Year B.Tech. P.E. I Sem L T/P/D C
4 -/-/- 4
GENERAL GEOLOGY

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Objective: To expose the students to different geological environments, which relate to petroleum industry

UNIT - I

Dimensions of earth, structure, composition and origin of earth-envelops of the Earth- crust, mantle, core. Internal dynamic process- Plate tectonics- continental drift, Earthquake and volcanoes. External dynamic process- weathering, erosion and deposition.

UNIT - II

Fundamental concepts in Geomorphology-geomorphic processes distribution of landforms-drainage patterns – development, Landforms in relation to rocks types, paleochannels, buried channels.

UNIT - III

Geological work of rivers, wind, Ocean and glaciers and the landforms created by them.

UNIT - IV

Origin of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Sedimentary structures-petrographic character of conglomerate, sandstone, shale, limestones.
Introduction to sedimentary basins and deltaic systems. Topographic maps, thematic maps, Topographic and thematic profiles.

UNIT - V

Paleontology: Introduction to Paleontology, Fossils and Fossilization.
Micropaleontology - Palynology: Distribution of microfossils-Foraminifera, Radiolaria, Conodonts, Ostracodes, Diatoms. Importance of micro fossils in oil exploration.

TEXT BOOK:

1. Engineering Geology, F.G.Bell, 2nd Edition, ButterworthHeimann,2007.

REFERENCE BOOKS:

1. Text book of Geology, P.K Mukharjee, The World Press Pvt Ltd.,Calcutta, 2005.
2. Rutleys Elements of Mineralogy, 27 Ed., N.H.Read, Allen & Unwin Australia 1988.

Outcome:

The student would understand the basics of geology, viz: formation of earth, layers of earth, different types of rocks, formation of sedimentary basins and the micro fossils and their relationship to oil and gas.