Unit name | Geology Fieldwork |
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Unit code | EASC30006 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Dr. Parkinson |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
Successful completion of year 2 of a Geology programme (BSc or MSci) |
Co-requisites |
N/A |
School/department | School of Earth Sciences |
Faculty | Faculty of Science |
Five one-day fieldtrips and three one-day consolidation workshops will put into practice skills acquired throughout the course to classic geological localities
Aims:
On successful completion of the field class you will be able to:
Details of the fieldwork will be posted on Blackboard. Teaching will be delivered via five one-day fieldtrips and three one-day consolidation days in Bristol. For students who are not present in the UK at the time of the fieldtrip (due to Covid-19 restrictions) an online equivalent will be available.
Each of the five field locations will be worth 20% of the total assessment. Assessment will be based on a series of field exercises (field notebooks, sedimentary logs, mapping and collection of structural data) in combination with follow up exercises in Bristol (plotting structural data, map exercise and petrographic observations). All assessment will be completed and handed in at the end of the field day (Sand Bay) or associated consolidation day (Malverns, Vallis Vale/Wren’s Nest, and Lulworth Cove/Portland).
Woodcock, N.H. and Strachan, R.A., 2009. Geological history of Britain and Ireland. John Wiley & Sons.