SubjectCode::CL6L103	Name:Earth and its Interior	L-T-P:2-1-0	Credit:3
Pre-requisite(s): None
Earth and Planetary system; origin, size, shape, mass, density, rotational parameters; Internal structure and composition of the earth; characteristics and elemental abundance in different layers, Convection in earth’s core and production of its magnetic field, Radioactivity and age of the Earth.Isostasy; elements of seismology; continents and continental processes; paleomagnetism, continental drift, plate tectonics. Weathering and erosion processes on the earth surface; earthquakes, volcanoes; basic concepts of gravity, magnetic and electrical prospecting for ores and ground water. Text/Reference Books: 1. CesareEmiliani, Planet Earth: Cosmology, Geology, and the Evolution of Life and Environment : Cambridge University Press 2. James F. Luhr, Earth; Cambridge University Press 3. C.M. R. Fowler, The Solid Earth: An introduction to Global Geophysics: Cambridge University Press 4. W. Lowrie, Fundamentals of Geophysics: Cambridge University Press