SYLLABUS FOR THE POST OF ROYALTY INSPECTOR AND MINES SUPERVISOR CGM GUJARAT
General Geology
Dating of rocks. Heat flow from
the earth. Sea floor
spreading. Convection currents.
Mid-oceanic ridges and trenches. Palaeomagnetism. Plate tectonics.
Radioactivity and its application
to geological problems. Neotectonics and active Faults.
Geomorphology
Agents of geomorphology and their
processes.
Geomorphic features of the Indian
subcontinent
Mineralogy
Chemical composition of the
earth's crust. Important
rock forming mineral families and
their silicate
structures; Optical Mineralogy.
Polymorphism,
Isomorphism, Pseudo morphism.
Economic Geology
Geological classification of
mineral deposits, Mineral deposits - their form, structure, association,
stability and workability. Ore, gangue, grade, tenor, etc. Controls of ore
localization. Stability of minerals. Ore dressing and mineral beneficiation processes.
UNFC classification.
Petrology
Magmas- Generation in crust and
mantle; Physical
properties of magma.
Differentiation and classification
of igneous rocks. Theories of
origin of granite.
Petrogenesis of important igneous
rocks. IUGS
classification of volcanic and
plutonic rocks.
Metamorphic grades, zones and
facies of regional and
thermal metamorphism. Different
types of
metamorphism. Process of
lithification, diagenesis,
Primary, secondary and diogenic
structures of clastic
and non-clastic rocks. Sedimentary
environments and
their interpretations.
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