Geologists' Exam - Important areas

Economic Geology

Important theories of ore formation

Hydrothermal
Magmatic
Metasomatic
Sedimentary

Controls of ore localization

Structural
Stratigraphic

Fossil fuel deposits in India

Gondwana basin and coal deposits
Tertiary coal in India
Petroliferous basins in India
Formation of coal and petroleum

Mineral belts and basins of India

Singhbhum Shear zone and mineralization
Khetri copper belt
Malanjhkhand Porphyry copper deposit
Banded Iron Formations in the Precambrian
Zawar Pb-Zn deposit
Sedimentary copper deposits
Beach placer deposits

Mineralisation associated with formations

Mineralisation in the Cuddapah basin
Mineral deposits of green stone belts
Minerals in the Vindhyan basin
Gold mineralization in the Precambrian
Stratiform and stratabound deposits
Metallogenetic epochs and provinces



Indian Geology

Cretaceous sedimentary basins
Deccan flood basalts
Tertiary basins in India
Sargur schists and Dharwar gneisses
Basement cover relations in the Archean
Cuddapah and Vindhyan systems
Granite-green stone terrains
Palaeozoic formations in the Himalayan basin

Palaeontology

Paucity of organic remains in the Precambrian
Conditions for fossilization
Evolutionary trends of important families such as trilobites

Exploration geology

Geochemical, biogeochemical and geobotanic explorations
Exploration programme – eg Copper
Terms such as: anomaly, primary and secondary halo, indicator and pathfinder
elements and reconnaissance survey

Remote sensing

Application of aerial photos and satellite imageries in mineral and ground water
exploration.
Principles of air photo interpretation
Multispectral scanning, stereopairs, spatial resolution, ground truth
IRS, Landsat imageries

Geotectonics

Plate tectonics and mineralization
Sea floor spreading
Terms such as subduction zone, hot spots, plate boundaries

Environmental geology

Green house effect and global warming
Waste disposal (including radioactive wastes)
Acid rain, ground water contamination, effects of tsunami
Disaster management, environmental management,
Environmental Impact Analysis (EIA)

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