Subject Code: ES6L211	Subject Name: Environmental Geosciences	L-T-P: 3-0-0	Credit: 3
Pre-requisite: None
Introduction to Natural hazards – earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, landslides, avalanches, floods, cyclones, mine, fire and blow out; Causes, risk and mitigation of natural hazards; Mechanics of recent and historical earthquakes; Seismic risk and hazard; Earthquake prediction; Types of volcanism; Styles of eruption; Forecasting and mitigation of volcano hazard; Tsunami – causes and prediction; Prediction and prevention of landslides; Landslide zonation and risk assessment; Flood hazard and mitigation; geological hazards - vulnerability and risk assessment using GIS; Environmental hazards – Nuclear waste; Ground water pollution; Important case studies of natural hazards. Text/Reference Books: Gasparini, P., G. Manfredi, and J. Zschau. Earthquake Early Warning Systems, Springer. Boris, L. and M. Nosov. Physics of Tsunamis, Springer Edward A. Keller Environmental Geology, Prentice Hall