M.Sc in Geology (Hydrology and Soil Dynamics) is a rare and demanded course offered by Jammu University. Admission to this course is done on the basis of Jammu University Entrance Test (JUET). Topics like Hydrogeology, Mineralogy, Environmental Geology, Geologic maps, Metallogenic epochs, Soil mechanics, and Stratigraphy are covered under the syllabus of this entrance test.

Syllabus (in brief) for JUET M.Sc in Geology (Hydrology and Soil Dynamics)

• Physical and Structural Geology
• Hydrogeology
• Mineralogy/ Crystallography/ Economic Geology
• Environmental Geology and Engineering Geology
• Hard Rock Petrology/Sedimentology

Detailed Syllabus for JUET M.Sc in Geology (Hydrology and Soil Dynamics)

Physical and Structural Geology

• Age of the Earth
• Clinometer compass and its uses
• Concepts of Plate Tectonics
• Convection currents
• Distribution of earthquake belts
• Earthquakes
• Earth’s thermal history
• Exploring Earth’s interior with geophysical techniques
• Folds, Faults, Unconformities, and Joints
• Geologic maps
• Geological work of Running water and Underground water
• Gravitational Field
• Interior of the earth
• Introduction to Structural geology
• Isostasy
• Origin of the Earth
• Outcrops and their trends with reference to slope and topography
• Structure and constitution of the interior of the earth
• Topographic maps
• Weathering — Types, and Products

Hydrogeology

• Causes for fluctuations in ground water levels
• Ground water levels
• Hydrologic cycle
• Meteoric, Juvenile, Magmatic and Vertical distribution
• Origin of water
• Porosity
• Rock properties affecting groundwater
• Specific retention and permeability
• Springs
• Types of aquifers
• Types on interstices
• Water table
• Zones of aeration and saturation

Mineralogy/ Crystallography/ Economic Geology

• Classification of ore deposits
• Control of ore deposition
• Description of important minerals and rocks
• Formation of ore deposits, Common forms
• Identification and descriptions of crystal models
• Megascopic identification
• Metallic and nonmetallic deposits
• Metallogenic epochs
• Microscopic identification
• Structures of ore deposits
• Twin crystal models

Environmental Geology and Engineering Geology

• Causes for groundwater pollution
• Characterization and problems related to civil engineering projects
• Dams and Reservoirs
• Dams and Tunnels
• Effects of urbanization on quality of surface waters
• Elementary concepts of rock mechanics and rock engineering
• Engineering properties of rocks and soils
• Environmental considerations related to civil engineering projects
• Environmental degradation due to mining and mineral processing
• Geological hazards (landslides and earthquakes)
• Impacts of man on environment
• Introduction to Environmental Geology
• Mitigation and Disaster
• Remedial measures relating to natural hazards
• Renewable and non-renewable resources
• Site investigation
• Soil mechanics
• Types of pollution

Hard Rock Petrology/Sedimentology

• Classification of Igneous rooks
• Classification of Sedimentary rocks (on the basis of characters of the sediments and mineralogical composition)
• Description of sedimentary rocks
• Geological time-scale
• Metamorphic rock types
• Morphology and time-ranges of important fossil Groups
• Precambrian stratigraphy of India
• Processes and environments of sedimentation
• Siwalik vertebrate fauna and Gondwana flora
• Standard Metamorphic Facies
• Stratigraphic procedures of correlation of unfossiliferous rocks
• Stratigraphy and Palaeontology
• Stratigraphy of the Palaeozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic formations of India

Exam preparations can be made easily after collecting detailed exam syllabus. Reference books and web based study materials can be used for studies.