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

Course Details

One of the courses offered is GS 816: Spectroscopic Methods in Earth Sciences, which covers:

• Introduction to Spectroscopic Methods
• Optical Absorption Spectroscopy
• Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy
• Cathodoluminescence, TL/OSL chronometry in Geology
• Mossbauer Spectroscopy
• Electron Spin Resonance (ESR)
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
• X-ray absorption Spectroscopy (XAS)

Recommended Texts

The following texts are recommended for the course:

• Hawthorne, F. C. (ed.). Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralogy and Geology, Reviews in Mineralogy, Mineralogical Society of America, 18, 1988
• Marfunin, A. S. Spectroscopy, Luminescence and Radiation centres in Minerals, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1979
• Marshall, D. J. Cathodoluminescence of Geological Materials, Unwin Hyman, Ltd., London,1988
• Aitken; M. J. An Introduction to Optical Dating : The Dating of Quaternary Sediments by the Use of Photon-stimulated Luminescence, Oxford University Press, Oxford,1998
• King, P. L. Ramsey, M. S. and Swayse, G. A. (eds.) Infrared Spectroscopy in Geochemistry, Exploration Geochemistry and Remote Sensing, Mineralogical Association of Canada, short course series, V -33, 2004
• Pieters, C. M. and Englert, P. A, (eds.) Remote Geochemical Analysis: Elemental and Mineralogical Composition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,1997
• Burns, R. G. Mineralogical Applications of Crystal Field Theory, Second Edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993