Geomorphology II
Code: 101062 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Geology | OB | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Joan Estalrich Lopez
- Email:
- juan.estalrich@uab.cat
Teachers
- Joan Estalrich Lopez
Teaching groups languages
You can view this information at the end of this document.
Prerequisites
Geomorfologia I
Objectives and Contextualisation
Quantification of processes generating forms viewed in Geomorfologia I
Competences
- Learn and apply the knowledge acquired, and use it to solve problems.
- Obtain information from texts written in other languages.
- Recognise geomorphological systems, interpret relief forms and evaluate the evolution of the landscape.
- Suitably transmit information, verbally, graphically and in writing, using modern information and communication technologies.
- Use geographical information systems applied to geology.
- Work in teams, developing the social skills needed for this.
- Work independently.
Learning Outcomes
- Apply GIS techniques to geomorphology.
- Discern the principal relief forms.
- Interpret relief dynamics on different time and space scales.
- Learn and apply the knowledge acquired, and use it to solve problems.
- Obtain information from texts written in other languages.
- Suitably transmit information, verbally, graphically and in writing, using modern information and communication technologies.
- Work in teams, developing the social skills needed for this.
- Work independently.
Content
- Slope processes
- River processes
- Karstic processes
- Eolian processes
Activities and Methodology
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Field work | 7.5 | 0.3 | 4, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 |
| Practicum | 19 | 0.76 | 1, 4, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 7 |
| Theory | 24 | 0.96 | 2, 3, 5 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorials | 4 | 0.16 | 4, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Personal work | 89.5 | 3.58 | 4, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 7 |
Lectures and field work
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Assessment
Continous Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filed work | 5% of final degree | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 3, 8, 7 |
| Pop-quiz | 35% final grade | 2 | 0.08 | 4, 2, 5, 6 |
| 2 Mid-term exams | each 30% of final degree | 2 | 0.08 | 1, 4, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 7 |
Final exam only for students with a fail grade
Bibliography
Same as in catalan version
Software
Excel
Groups and Languages
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
| Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (PCAM) Field practices | 1 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PCAM) Field practices | 2 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 1 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 2 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (PLAB) Practical laboratories | 3 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |
| (TE) Theory | 1 | Catalan | second semester | morning-mixed |