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TANCET 2014 SYLLABUS FOR ME/M.TECH

Tancet 2013 Syllabus for ME Earth Sciences - TANCET 2013-2014

M.E./ M.Tech./ M.Arch./ M.Plan                       TIME DURATION-2 Hours  

The question paper will have three parts.

Part-I and Part-II are compulsory and under Part-III the candidates

have to choose any one section out of 14 based on his/her

specialisation.    

PART 1 ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS (Common to all Candidates) CLICK HERE
PART 2 BASIC ENGINEERING & SCIENCES (Common to all Candidates) 

To Download BASIC ENGINEERING & SCIENCES Syllabus CLICK HERE

PART 3 Earth Sciences

EARTH SCIENCES 

i) Physical Geology and Geomorphology : Weathering process, kinds, products. Internal structure of the earth, fundamentals of plate tectonics.  Landforms produced by River, winds, glacier and sea.  Drainage pattern, Drainage Index , geomorphic features. 

ii) Mineralogy, Petrology, Stratigraphy, Paleontology and Structural Geology :  Physical properties of Industrial minerals classification,  origin and description of Igneous, sedimentary and Metamorphic rocks. Origin of Himalayas major earth geological events through  time scale.  Origin of life, types of fossils evolution of mammals & Man. Joints, Folds, Faults and structures. 

iii) Economic Geology, Ore Geology, Geochemistry :  Origin, occurrence and distribution of  Economic mineral deposits-Iron,  manganese, gold,  zinc, graphite, lead, coal and petroleum deposits. 

Ore-dressing, ore-reserves, estimation.  Major elements, application in environmental studies REE-its implication in genesis/ provenance of  rocks. 

iv) Remote Sensing, Geophysics and Hydrogeology : Sensors & Platforms- Indian Remote Sensing – Spectral system characteristics of rocks & minerals – Photogeology – Photogrametry  - Hydrogeology – Groundwater – occurrence, movement, Aquifer, field parameters  & Lab methods of estimations. 

v)  Engineering Geology, Environment Geology and Marine Geology : Engineering properties of Rock. Geological investigation required for Dam,  Tunnel, highways and  building constructions.  

Renewable and non-renewable resources, pollution. Continental and  marine environmental studies. Ocean features, physical, chemical & biological resources of the ocean.