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Medium: English
Next Batch : July 2024
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Time: 2 PM to 5 PM
Venue: Health Centre Bldg., 2nd Floor, Vidyanagari, Mumbai – 400 098.
Syllabus
Evolution of Earth – Tectonic aspects of India
Minerals – Rock forming minerals - Ore – Industrial – Gemstones
Definition of Minerals, metamorphic minerals
Atomic minerals, physical properties,
natural mineral wealth of India/Maharashtra
A Synthetic enhancement
Rocks – Types / Rock cycle – crystallography
Soil – Types of Soil / Formation of
Soil / Soil Conservation Stratigraphy – Principles of Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy of India
Paleontology – Modes of preservation of fossils
Uses of fossils (fuels)
Important Indian occurrences
Geomorphology – Landforms in Maharashtra
Sahyadri, rivers basins, coastal, creeks
Geo diversity / Geo parks
Definition,
Examples – Indian – World, Gilbert hill, Pali
Structural Geology & tectonics – folds mountains
Definition of faults,
What are joints, columnar joints
Definition & types of unconformity.
Dykes, Elephanta, Aksa
Ground water – Underground Reservoirs, aquifers & types
Definition of porosity & permeability, conservation of Ground water,
Coastal Aquifers
Environmental Hazards related to Geology, fluorites, Agates, silicosis, Asbestosis, Uses of minerals in medicines
Reading Toposheets