Admission Exam Question List
Specialty: Geology (Geophysics, Hydrogeology, Engineering Geology)
Longitudinal and transverse waves, their propagation speeds in mountain rocks
Waves in an absorbing medium. Diffraction. Rayleigh and Love surface waves. Waves in anisotropic media
Reflection and refraction of waves in multilayer media. Time field and hodographs
Gravitational field, its components. Gravitational potential
Potential of gravitational force. Directions of gravitational forces
Direct and inverse problems of gravimetric exploration
Earth's magnetic field and its origin. Magnetic field variations
Remanent magnetism. Methods for measuring elements of the Earth's magnetic field
Magnetic properties of mountain rocks
Natural electromagnetic fields, measuring instruments, and equipment used in electrical prospecting
Electrical sounding
Electrical profiling
Radioactivity: examples of α, β, γ decay; decay confirmation
Airborne radiometric and emanation radiometric anomalies, geological problems solved
Application of radioactivity for the absolute dating of rocks
Borehole as an object of study, classification, and physical principles of geophysical well-logging methods
Direct and inverse problems of well-logging, measuring instruments, and equipment used in well-logging
Nature and energy of earthquakes. Earthquake magnitude and intensity
Geographic distribution of earthquakes
Earth's deep structure according to seismological data, phase transitions
Engineering geology as a geological science: object of study, problems, and content
Soil granulometric composition, structure, and texture; hydro-physical properties; density, skeleton density, solid particle density, porosity, porosity coefficient
Mechanical properties of soils: compressibility, compression phases, building compressibility curves, compressibility coefficients, general deformation modulus, soil shear strength, Coulomb shear law
General principles of soil classification
Engineering geodynamics as a scientific direction of engineering geology: object of study, problems, and content
Geological processes and phenomena, classification of geological processes and phenomena by Savarynsky
Surface water processes, flood phenomena, surface and groundwater processes, karst phenomena, erosion phenomena
Action of gravitational forces, landslides and collapses, classification of landslides, causes of landslides, countermeasures
Seismic microzonation, influence of engineering-geological conditions on seismic conditions
Methods of engineering-geological investigations
Branches of hydrogeology, their problems, object of study; water in nature; groundwater
Physical and water properties of mountain rocks, their quantitative characteristics, and determination methods
Movement of groundwater in aeration and saturation zones
Main chemical components of natural waters
Classification of groundwater by conditions of occurrence
Soil waters: definition, occurrence, distribution, recharge, and discharge conditions and features
Artesian (confined) waters: definition, occurrence, distribution, recharge, and discharge conditions and features
Mineral healing, industrial, and thermal waters
Springs: definition, outflow conditions; characterization of soil and artesian springs as hydrogeological phenomena and reference objects for assessing rock water content
Basic law of groundwater filtration — Darcy's law
Literature List
Avetisyan V. A., Davtyan D. E., Subsurface Life-Giving Waters, Yerevan, Armenia, 1987
Tadevosyan L. K., Markosyan G. V., et al., Research Methods in Geophysics, Methodical Guidelines, YSU, 2005
Vardanyan V. P., Electrical Prospecting: Constant Current Methods, YSU, 2013
Vsevolzhsky V. A., Fundamentals of Hydrogeology, Moscow State University, 2007
Gavich I. K., Lutcheva A. A., Semenova-Erofeeva S. M., Collection of Problems in General Hydrogeology, Nedra Publishing, 1985
Geophysics (Ed. V. K. Khmelevskoy), Moscow State University, 2007
Zverev V. P., Water in the Earth: Introduction to Groundwater Science, Moscow, Nauchny Mir, 2009
Klimentov P. P., Bogdanov G. Ya., General Hydrogeology, Nedra, Moscow, 1977
Kolomensky N. V., Komarov I. S., Engineering Geology, Higher School Publishing, 1964
Lomtadze V. D., Engineering Geodynamics, Nedra, 1977
Mironov V. S., Fundamental Geophysical Methods, Moscow, 2006
Panyukov P. N., Engineering Geology, Nedra Publishing, 1978
Sergeev E. M., Engineering Geology, Moscow State University, 1982
Engineering Geology Handbook / Ed. G. S. Zolotarev, Moscow State University, 1989
Khmelevskoy V. K., Gorbachev Yu. I. et al., Geophysical Research Methods, KSPU Publishing, 2004
Shvartsev S. L., General Hydrogeology, Nedra, Moscow, 1996
Here are the email contacts for inquiries related to admission:
YSU Faculty of Geography and Geology: ashxarh@ysu.am
Head of Chair, Associate Professor M. Mkrtchyan: tomgeomar@ysu.am
