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| Unit name |
Geology Field Skills |
| Unit code |
EASC20017 |
| Credit points |
10 |
| Level of study |
I/5
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
|
| Unit director |
Professor. Tim Elliott |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
n/a
|
| Co-requisites |
n/a
|
| School/department |
School of Earth Sciences |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Science |
Description including Unit Aims
A one week field class which examines the igneous, metamorphic and sedimentological evolution of SE Spain in response to the Alpine Orogeny and its aftermath.
Intended Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of the field class you will be able to:
- Recognize and interpret a range of rock types in the field, (including amphibolite-facies metapelites, metacarbonates and metaquartzites, silicilastic, carbonate and evaporitic sediments, dacitic and andesitic lavas and pyroclastics).
- Identify planar and linear deformational structures in the field, confidently record data on their orientation, plot and interpret these using stereonets.
- Identify and interpret a range of sedimentary structures and environmental settings including fluvial and marine: from shallow siliciclastic and carbonate to deeper clastic, particularly turbidites.
- Understand strategies for the collection and identification of fossils, and their application in biostratigraphy, mapping and structural interpretation, and reconstruction of environments.
- Identify, interpret and record a range of igneous features, particularly those associated with volcaniclastic deposits and silicic volcanism.
- Synthesise information on a range of scales in the field to develop models of geological history, particularly through the use of schematic cross-sections
Teaching Information
Fieldwork
Assessment Information
The unit mark will be derived from a series of exercises that work-up observations made during the day in the field, including a small mapping exercise.
Reading and References
Mather, A.E., Martin, J.M., and Braga, J.C. (2001), A field guide to the Neogene sedimentary basins of the Almeria Province, South-east Spain, Blackwell, Oxford, 350pp
