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Pre PHD Syllabus-Paper1
Pre PHD Syllabus-Paper1
ANDHRA UNIVERSITY
Pre-PhD/ M. Phil Examinations in
Geophysics
Paper -1 Compulsory
Gravity and figure of the earth, spheroid and geoid, geoidal undulations, deflection of the
vertical, isostasy, local and regional compensation systems, isostatic anomalies, crustal
structures, Bouguer anomaly map of India and connection with known geological units.
Origin, migration and entrapment of petroleum, properties of source and reservoir rocks,
distribution of oil fields in India, geophysical exploration. Offshore and onshore origin of coal,
coal fields of India, limitation of geophysical exploration.