UNIT – III
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY : INDIAN STRATIGRAPHY, PALEONTOLOGY AND
GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE, OUT CROP, STRIKE AND DIP STUDY OF
COMMON GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES ASSOCIATING WITH THE ROCKS
SUCH AS FOLDS, FAULTS UNCONFORMITIES, AND JOINTS –
THEIR IMPORTANT TYPES. GROUND WATER: WATER TABLE, COMMON
TYPES OF GROUND WATER, SPRINGS, CONE OF DEPRESSION,
GEOLOGICAL CONTROLS OF GROUND WATER MOVEMENT, GROUND
WATER EXPLORATION. EARTH QUAKES, THEIR CAUSES AND EFFECTS,
SHIELD AREAS AND SEISMIC BELTS. SEISMIC WAVES, RICHTER SCALE,
PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN FOR BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IN SEISMIC
AREAS. LAND SLIDES, LAND SLIDES HAZARDS, WATER IN LAND SLIDES
THEIR CAUSES AND EFFECT; MEASURES TO BE
TAKEN TO PREVENT THEIR OCCURRENCE. IMPORTANCE OF STUDY OF GROUND WATER, EARTHQUAKE AND LANDSLIDES