Program Overview
University Programs
The university offers a range of programs in the field of earth sciences, including:
- BS Applied Geophysics
- M.Sc.
- M.Sc. (APPLIED GEOLOGY)
- M. Sc. (APPLIED GEOPHYSICS)
- M. TECH
- M. TECH (GEOEXPLORATION)
- M. TECH (PETROLEUM GEOSCIENCES)
- Ph. D
Program Details
The program details are as follows:
GS 433: Palaeontology Lab
This course covers morphological descriptions, systematics and illustrations of representative fossils belonging to Bivalvia, Cephalopoda, Brachiopoda, Echinodermata and Arthropoda. It also includes cladistic analysis using PAST, computation of evolutionary metrics of selected groups of fossils using Paleobase, processing of samples for micropalaeontological studies, study of selected foraminiferal genera, preparation technique for scanning electron microscopic studies and observation of some microfossils under SEM, and preparation of stratigraphic range charts and biostratigraphic zonation.
Texts/References
The following texts are used as references for the program:
- Stuwe, K. Geodynamics of the Lithosphere. Springer-Verlag, 2007
- Philopotts, A.R. Principles of Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Prentice Hall, 1994
- Yardley, B.W.D. Metamorphic Petrology, Longman, 1989
