Earth Sciences

Hydrogeology & Physical Sedimentology  are  offered by Prof. B P Mukhopadhyay

Sedimentology, Sequence Stratigraphy & Experimental Sedimentology  are offered by Dr. Ananya Mukhopadhyay 

Structural  Geology  & Experimental  Structural Geology are offered by Dr. Atin Kumar Mitra

Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology are offered by Dr. Moumita Talukdar

Curriculum of two year Master Degree Program in Applied Geology (2019 onwards)

Specialisation offered in M.Sc. in Applied Geology and Broad Areas of Research 

1. Igneous Petrology 

2. Structural Geology, Experimental Structural Geology & Tectonics

3. Metamorphic Petrology

4. Sedimentation modelling and Sequence Stratigraphy 

4. Hydrogeology 

6. Geochemistry 

Researchers of Earth Sciences have an important responsibility towards the crisis arising out of the scarcity of water around the globe. The present day society is affected by the challenges of water crisis, ground water contamination, inferior quality of water, saline water intrusion etc. Researchers of Earth Sciences carry out studies on the occurrence, physical and chemical attributes of water along with the exploration of groundwater resources. The studies need applications of the tools and ideas like different softwares GIS and Remote Sensing along with the hydrogeochemical analysis and applications of geophysical methods.

Igneous rocks are abundant on Earth’s crust. Research work in the context of Igneous petrology involves Geochemical classification, isotope study of the igneous rocks reveals the source of the crystallised magma, their palaeo-environment (composition of mantle) of evolution and emplacement environment. This information on the other hand minutely reshapes the Archaean-Recent plate-tectonic models, Palaeo-subsurface environments (mantle to lower crust) from Archaean time.

Metamorphosed rocks are the source of information to the several tectonic activities of Geological past. Pressures, temperature with the composition of fluids taking part in the metamorphism reveal the details of the metamorphic conditions. Researchers in this subject uses several thermodynamic models and mathematical calculations to determine the Palaeo-conditions responsible for metamorphism and this in turn reveals the nature of plate tectonic activities, thickness of the crust in Geological time, temperature of the Earth, nature of plate movements etc.

Sedimentology constitutes the study of lithified and unlithified natural sediments, their composition, genesis, provenance and the processes that play a major role in their deposition. The study along with Sequence Stratigraphy aims to create predictive models to fathom the paleoclimate, basin evolution and economic potential of a basin. Experiments are undertaken in laboratory to study the key processes to generate depositional beds and events similar to a natural system.

This has been established by the Earth Scientists that the Tectonic activity of the Earth’s surface is the external manifestation of internal dynamism of the Earth. Enormous tectonic forces are developed due to this tectonic activity. These trigger deformation of rocks which subsequently lead to the development of different complex structures. The trend of research in this domain is to understand the deformation-mechanisms of rocks through geometric, kinematic, dynamic analysis of rock structures and their relation to different tectonic environments.