Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : ER5204 : Stratigraphy { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Rekha S.
Syllabus
Principles of Stratigraphy Stratigraphic Units Stratigraphic Correlation Geological Time Scale Code of Stratigraphic nomenclature – GSSP and GSSA Concept of Seismic Stratigraphy, Sequence Stratigraphy, Biostratigraphy, Lithostratigraphy, Chemostratigraphy, Magnetostratigraphy, and Chronostratigraphy.
Indian stratigraphy: Precambrian stratigraphy of India Stratigraphy of the Palaeozoic Mesozoic and Cenozoic formations of India – distribution, geological succession, classification, correlation, paleogeography and life of each periods Gondwana Supergroup – distribution, succession, classification, flora and fauna, lower and upper age limit, structure, climate and paleogeography Deccan Traps and associated sedimentary formations Himalayan geology Boundary problems of Archean-Proterozoic, Pre-Cambrian-Cambrian, Permo-Triassic, Mesozoic –Tertiary.
Course Objectives
- To study the basic principles of stratigraphy and its different parameters.
- Extensive idea about the concept of strata and its deposition along a particular period.
Course Outcomes
Expert skill in the field of stratigraphy.
Essential Reading
- 1. G. Nichol, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Wiley-Blackwell
- 2. S. Boggs, Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Prentice Hall
Supplementary Reading
- 3. S. M. Naqvi, J.J. W. Rogers, Precambrian Geology of India, Oxford University Press
- 4. R. Mazumder, P.G. Eriksson, Precambrian Basins of India: Stratigraphic and Tectonic Context, Geological Society of London