JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of Geology

Course Objectives:

• The students should be in a position to
• read, understand and interpret the supplied maps
• understand the steps to be followed for completing any field job successfully

Course Outcomes

The student will be in a position to

• read, understand and interpret different maps like Toposheet, Structural Geology maps, Stratigraphic maps, geological cross-sections, Isopach maps, Structural Contour maps etc.
• understand how to locate own / outcrop positions on Toposheet and how to take traverse
• understand geological formations and measure dip and strike reading correctly in the filed
• calculate true dip, true thickness, Oil Water Contact (OWC) from given maps
• explain different sediment depositional environments from stratigraphic columns

List of Experiments:

• 1. Study of physical properties of minerals in hand specimen
• 2. Study of common rocks with reference to their common structures, mineral composition and uses.
• 3. Identification of minerals under microscopes
• 4. Identification of rocks under microscopes
• 5. Location of observed outcrops on the Toposheet. Geological mapping and Traversing.
• 6. Measurement of the strike and dip in the field
• 7. Interpretation of Topographic Maps
• 8. Interpretation of Geological Maps: (1) Attitude, (2) Cross-sections, (3) Unconformable beds, (4) Folded beds, (5) Faults and geological intrusions (dykes and sills)
• 9. Interpretation of isopach maps
• 10. Interpretation of litho stratigraphic columns and litho stratigraphic correlation
• 11. Interpretation of structural contour map and location of Oil Water Contact (OWC)
• 12. Interpretation of isopach map and depositional model.
• 13. Estimation of Thickness, Distance, and Depth of subsurface Ore Bodies