The Department has a geological museum, named after Shaheed Md. Abdul Muktadir, a martyr of liberation war, who was a faculty of the Department until 1971. The museum has quite a large collection of fossils, minerals, rocks, models, maps and charts. The museum is used as a teaching laboratory for Mineralogy, Crystallography, Petrology, Paleontology and Structural Geology courses.
The Delta Study Centre, a centre of excellence for advanced research in the field of Bengal delta, was established within the framework of the department in 1991. The centre is equipped with different research facilities. The centre also provides research grant for the students to undertake MS research in the above mentioned fields.
Objectives of the Center:
The objectives of the center shall be pursued through a variety of activities, such as, research, training, field study, seminars, exhibitions, library, geological information and data service, consultancy and publications.
1. To initiate, promote, sponsor and organize scientific research work on the various dimensions of problems and issues pertaining to delta sedimentation and land reclamation, flood control and navigation, changes in the hydrological conditions of the rivers, neotectonic activity within the region and problems relating to the occurrence and prospects of hydrocarbon and other natural resources within the delta region.
2. To disseminate knowledge acquired through such research.
3. To provide manpower training in the fields of sedimentology and hydrogeology; planning, development and management of water resources of the country; as well as to promote training facilities in search for energy and natural resources in the region.
Director:
Prof. Dr. M. Aziz Hasan
Bangladesh having situated in an active tectonic region bears, by and large, a character of earthquake prone. The present seismicity and tectonic setting envisages that about 60% of the country falls in high risk zone. The Department of Geology of Dhaka University has initiated an extensive research on earthquake and crustal dynamics in collaboration with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) of Columbia University in New York, USA since 2000. The department is housed with the state-of-the-art technology for monitoring earthquakes and three dimensional crustal deformations know as ‘Dhaka University Earth Observatory (DUEO)’ established in February 2003. The observatory is equipped with digital broadband seismograph and Global Positioning System (GPS). DUEO is a Foreign Affiliate Member of ‘Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS).
DUEO is a consortium formed in co-operation with Rajshahi University, Khulna University, Chittagong University, Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET), Patuakhali Science and Technology University (PSTU), Shajalal University of Science and Technology (SUST).
Dhaka University Earth Observatory operates network of 6 permanent seismic stations, 6 portable seismographs and 18 continuous geodetic GPS stations in the country. The objectives of the Observatory is to carryout research on crustal dynamics, plate motions and to monitor the seismic activity in Bangladesh and surrounding countries, as well as to disseminate information of earthquakes to the government and the public. Data is open to scientific community.
Facilities/Instruments
This lab is equipped with four (4) Workstations for subsurface data interpretation, and one (1) Plotter for printing maps. Among the softwares Petrel, Dug Insight, and Techlog are available for subsurface data analysis and reservoir modelling
People
Research Focus
Analyses/Services available
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The Remote Sensing and GIS lab is equiped with a smartboard, 50 PCs and licensed ArcGIS and ERDAS Imagine software
People
Research Focus
To conduct research on geoscience fields using satellite images with GIS environment.
Trained up undergraduate and graduate students on the field of Remote Sensing and GIS
Analyses/ Services available
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People:
Professor Kazi Matin Ahmed (Hydrogeochemistry, Groundwater Contamination and Groundwater Management)
Professor M Aziz Hasan (Hydrogeochemistry, Hydrogeology, and Environmental Geochemistry)
Research Focus:
Groundwater Exploration
Groundwater Flow System Conceptualization, Mapping and Modeling
Groundwater Management & Monitoring
Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR)
Groundwater Arsenic Mitigation
Water Quality Analysis & Monitoring
Pollution source identification and characterization
Agricultural and Industrial Impacts on Groundwater Quality
Analyses/Services available:
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This lab is equipped with Research Stereo Microscope, Research Palynological microscope, Laboratory Fume Hood and other instruments related to the extraction of microfossils and pollen from sediment samples.
People
Dr. Subrota Kumar Saha (Professor)
Mahmud Al Noor Tushar (Lecturer)
Research Focus
Extraction and analysis of microfossil and pollen from sediment samples
Environmental stress monitoring using micropaleontological indicators
Paleoenvironmental reconstructions
Analyses/Services available
Micrography, identification and classification of microfossils
Micrography, identification and classification of pollen
Identification and characterization of pollutants from marine sediments
Facilities/Instruments
This lab is equipped with Unconfined Compression strength tester, Sieve Shaker with ASTM sieve set, Shear tester, Digital moisture tester, Penetrometer, Hydrometer, Casagrande Apparatus, Digital balance and a desktop Computer with essential softwares dedicated to soil test and geotechnical data analysis..
People
Dr. Muhammad Qumrul Hasan (Professor)
Dr. Md. Bodruddoza Mia (Professor)
Mahmud Al Noor Tushar (Lecturer)
Research Focus
Determination of mechanical properties of soil
Assessment of suitability of soil for foundation
Earthquake and liquefaction risk assessment
Analyses/ Services available
Soil compaction analysis
Shear strength analysis
Atterberg limits testing
Soil compressibility analysis
Moisture content analysis
Soil density analysis
Soil mechanics and related data analysis and interpretation
Facilities/Instruments
This lab is equipped with Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (Flame, Graphite Furnace and Hydride Generator), Ion Chromatography System, UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, Acid Digestion System, Centrifuge and other instruments required for sample collection, sample preparation and preservation.
People:
Prof. Dr. Kazi matin Uddin Ahmed
Prof Dr. M. Aziz Hasan
Ms. Nazia Nawrin, Lecturer
Md. Yousuf Gazi, Lecturer
Masuma Chowdhuri, Lecturer
Research Focus:
Water pollution and water quality assessment
Groundwater chemistry and geochemical evolution of groundwater
Environmental pollution
Analyses/Services available:
Water quality analyses including major ions, minor and trace elements.
Facilities/Instruments
The sedimentology section of this lab is equipped with a Thin sectioning system to prepare thin section of rock samples, one (1) Trim saw to make accurate cross section cuts through large and heavy pieces of specimens and core samples, one (1) Vacumet to remove the trapped air from the mounting material and eliminate the gap between the specimen and resin during slide preparation, one (1) Magnetic Separator to extract magnetically susceptible minerals from target sample, Two (2) sieve shakers and One (1) laboratory oven for drying the wet samples.
The Petrography section is equipped with, fifty (50) Binocular Microscope for thin section analysis, one (1) Leica DM750 broad field Polarizing Microscope with Leica ICC50 E digital microscope camera set-up for taking photos and projection to large screen with LCD projector, one (1) Photo Polarization Microscope for taking picture of thin sections
People
Dr. Md. Mostafizur Rahman (Associate Professor)
Shakhawat Hossain (Assistant Professor)
Md. Yousuf Gazi (Assistant Professor)
Research Focus
Analyses/Services available
Facilities/Instruments
The lab is equipped with Student Polarizing Microscope (25), Student Stereo Microscope (29), Research Grade Polarizing Microscope (2), Research Grade Ore Microscope (1).
People
Research Focus
This laboratory is mainly designed for the undergraduate laboratory courses on microscopic examinations of rocks, mineral and microfossils as well as for the graduate students conducting research on various aspects of petrography, mineralogy and micropaleontology.
Analyses/Services available
Microscopic studies of the rocks, minerals and microfossils.
Facilities/Instruments
Two PCs with geospatial softwares capable of performing various geospatial analysis
People
Prof. Dr. Md. Bodruddoza Mia
Md. Yousuf Gazi
Research Focus
To conduct research on geoscience fields
To facilitate the graduate students to conduct their research
Analyses/Services available
