Physical Geography

  Semester I DISCIPLINE CENTRIC CORE COURSE GEG 501T - Physical Basis of Geography Course Content UNIT I: Origin of the earth; Interior of the earth; Theory of Isostasy ; Earth movement : Folds and faults (their types only); Rocks and their classification UNIT II: Earthquake and Volcanoes; Major landforms: Mountains, plains, Plateaus and Lakes  UNIT III: Weathering and Denudation: Normal cycle of erosion; Work of rivers, glaciers, ground water and winds UNIT IV: Atmosphere: Composition and Structure; Insolation and Temperature; Atmospheric Pressure and Winds, Humidity and Precipitation; Cyclones UNIT V: Hydrosphere: Temperature of ocean water ; Salinity of Ocean ; Ocean Deposits; Configuration; Tides and currents Books Recommended Monkhouse, F.j. : Principles of physical Geography, Hodder sloughtpn, London, 1984 Sing, S. : Bhu-Arti Vigyan, Tara Publications, Varanasi, 1976 Daya, P. Bhu-Arti Vigan, Shukla Book Depot, Patna 1982 Agarwal, K.M.L. : Bhutik Bhugol, Sahitya Bhaw...