IIT Mumbai Earth Science Department

Which programmes offered at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Department of Earth Sciences & also give list of faculty members & contact details of department???

[Quick Sam]

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Department of Earth Sciences constituted in 1982.
The Department of Earth Sciences constituted from the erstwhile Geology Section of the Department of Civil Engineering.

Programmes:

M.Sc. (Applied Geology)

M.Sc. (Applied Geophysics)

M.Tech. (Geoexploration)

M.Tech. (Petroleum Geoscience )

Ph.D

Research Areas

Mineralogy,
Geochemistry and Ore Deposits Structural Geology Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Engineering geology,
Hydro-geology Sedimentology Stratigraphy and
Micro-Paleontology Mathematical Geology/ Ore Deposit Modelling Rock Magnetism and
Marine Geology Seismology,
Geothermics

Full-time Research Scholar:
Institute Research Scholars (Teaching Assistants)
Govt./Semi Govt. Fellowship Awardees (QIP,CSIR,UGC,DAE,DST,DBT,NBHM)
Sponsored candidates
Self-financed (Indian/ Foreign)
ICCR Awardees (Foreign Students) Part-time Research Scholar:

Part-time Research Scholar:
Institute Faculty/Staff
Project Staff
Research Assistants (RA)
External candidates (Sponsored)

Facilities:
Ar-Ar Mass Spectrometer
Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES)
Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS)
UV and visible spectrophotometer
X-ray Diffractometer (XRD)
Rock-Eval Pyrolyzer
Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS)
Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive Spectrometer (SEM-EDS)
Optical systems for transmitted and incident light microscopy
Heat and freezing stages for fluid inclusion studies
Engineering geological test equipments
Laser Raman Spectrometer
Magnetic susceptibility measurement systems and magnetometers
Gravimeter
Digital seismograph
Advanced computational systems
Field Fourier Transform Infra-red Radiometer (FTIR)
Vibration monitor
Five-Channel broad-band Magnetotelluric (MT) equipment
VLF electromagnetic equipment
Multi-electrode Resistivity Imaging System

Faculty members:



Contact:
Department of Earth Sciences,
Indian Institute of Technology,
Powai,
Mumbai 400 076,
India
+91-22-2576 7251, 2576 7265
Fax : + 91 - 22 - 2576 7253

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Academic Programmes

M.Sc. (Applied Geology)

M.Sc. (Applied Geophysics)
Courses taught included those relevant to
1. Exploration for petroleum, mineral and groundwater resources
2. Solid-earth research and
3. Earthquake studies for natural hazard mitigation.

M.Tech. (Geoexploration)
M.Tech. (Petroleum Geoscience )
Ph.D.
Research Areas


Full-time Research Scholar:
• Institute Research Scholars (Teaching Assistants)
• Govt./Semi Govt. Fellowship Awardees (QIP,CSIR,UGC,DAE,DST,DBT,NBHM)
• Sponsored candidates
• Self-financed (Indian/ Foreign)
• ICCR Awardees (Foreign Students) Part-time Research Scholar:

Part-time Research Scholar:
• Institute Faculty/Staff
• Project Staff
• Research Assistants (RA)
• External candidates (Sponsored)


Facilities;

Ar-Ar Mass Spectrometer
Inductively Coupled Plasma - Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES)
Atomic Absorption Spectrometer (AAS)
UV and visible spectrophotometer
Advanced computational systems
Field Fourier Transform Infra-red Radiometer (FTIR)
Vibration monitor
Five-Channel broad-band Magnetotelluric (MT) equipment
VLF electromagnetic equipment
X-ray Diffractometer (XRD)
Rock-Eval Pyrolyzer
Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS)
Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive Spectrometer (SEM-EDS)
Optical systems for transmitted and incident light microscopy
Heat and freezing stages for fluid inclusion studies
Engineering geological test equipments
Laser Raman Spectrometer
Magnetic susceptibility measurement systems and magnetometers
Gravimeter
Digital seismograph
Multi-electrode Resistivity Imaging System

Address;
Dept of Earth Sciences
Academic Section, IIT Area, Powai
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076