JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Prerequisites

None

Course Objective

To expose the students to different geological environments, which relate to

petroleum industry

Course 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.

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

Palaeontology: Introduction to Palaeontology, 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, Butterworth Heimann, 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.