Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500254 Geology | OT | 3 | 0 |
2500254 Geology | OT | 4 | 0 |
It is recommended to have basic knowledge in Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and a good level of comprehension of writings in English.
The course Present Geological Environments provides the fundamental formation in a field of sedimentary geology that today is expanding strongly and is basic for the needs of today's society, such as environmental sedimentology.
This branch of Stratigraphy and Sedimentology, which can also be understood as a branch of Applied Sedimentology, deals with the function and dynamics of today's sedimentary systems, focusing the study on how these systems respond to changes or due to natural or antropic processes as by the disturbances disturbances.
The course wants wants the student to go beyond the knowledge that has already acquired in the subjects that affect the sedimentary geology and that have been oriented to a fundamental knowledge of the history of the Earth.
The course addresses the relationship between Geology and the Environment and seeks to ensure that the student is able to identify the factors of specificity that are involved in current sedimentary media towards fossils and, taking into account the main sources and dynamics of production and of sediment accumulation, be able to explore the impact of a wide range of disturbances of a given medium, whether natural or artificial
1-Introduction: Concept and scope of environmental sedimentology. Factors of uniqueness of current media with regard to fossil media. Sediment response to environmental changes. Processes and management of sedimentary media.
2-Coastal environment: Sedimentary processes, control factors and interaction with anthropic activity.
3-Lacustrine environment: Types of lakes and lacustrine sediments. Lake pollution. Processes and impacts of natural and anthropogenic disturbances.
4-Mountain environment Types of mountain environments. Environmental sedimentological characteristics. Interaction with the anthropic activity
5-Desert environment Sedimentary processes and their impacts. Aridification and anthropogenic impacts.
6-Fluvial environment Sedimentary processes and impact of anthropogenic activity.
7-Urban environment Geology-city interaction: the case of a large city.
Three types of activities will be carried out: (a) mentoring, (b) supervised and (c) autonomous
Directed activities
Theoretical lessons. Master classes of the subjects by the teachers
Practices: Sediment analysis of some current environment. Case studies on the evolution of a current environment
Supervised activities:
A proposed real case which the student develops on the basis of bibliographic search. This work must be presented in class.
Autonomous activities
In addition to the study of conceptual issues, the student must complete the practice exercises and prepare the reports of the proposed works as well as, if applicable, the presentations of the works.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Practices | 16 | 0.64 | 1, 2 |
Theoretical lessons | 18 | 0.72 | 1, 2 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Report on a study case | 9 | 0.36 | 1, 2 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Theory study, Report performance | 45 | 1.8 | 1, 2 |
Evaluation
Evaluation of the theoretical contents according to the score obtained in partial tests. Accounts for the 40% of the final score.
Evaluation of the practices. Attendance is taken into account, together with the profiting of the sessions and the correction of a dossier with the set of the finished practices. Questions about the papers presented in class can be included. It accounts for the 20% of the final score. This part is considered continuous evaluation
Evaluation of a study case. Accounts for the 40% of the final score. The questions, queries and progress of the work will be considered for this evaluation and in the continuous evaluation
Final recovery test
Fail partial theoretical tests (score less than 5) may be recovered in a final test on the scheduled date in the course general program.
There will be no tests (partial, recovery or synthesis) other than in the scheduled days.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Evaluation of theoretical contents | 40 | 4 | 0.16 | 1, 2 |
Practices evaluation | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1, 2 |
Report on a sedimentary environment | 40 | 8 | 0.32 | 1, 2 |
Arche, A. (2010). Sedimentología: del proceso físico a la cuenca sedimentaria. Publicaciones del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Colección Textos universitarios, Ref. CSIC 11761, 1287p
Perry, C.T. and Taylor. K.G. (2007). Environmental Sedimentology, (C. Perry and K.G. Taylor, eds.) Blackwell Scientific Publications.
Walker, R. (1984). Facies models. Geosciences Canada, Reprint Series 1 (2nd. Ed. Revised). Geol. Assoc. Canada, 317 pp.
A list with references will be uploaded in Campus Virtual. Students will search for these references to build up a report on them.