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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 week's field class during the Easter vacation, in which information and techniques learnt during the year are applied in practice in the field situation.
Aims:
To acquire a range of field skills necessary for the recording, analysis and interpretation of:
- metamorphic rocks in terms of broad P-T conditions
- structures in a complex metamorphic terrain with multiple deformations
- sedimentary basins, including their inception and subsequent development
- sedimentary environments, both siliciclastic and carbonate
- calc-alkaline volcanic rocks and associated geological features
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, garnet-bearing peraluminous volcanics).
- 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
Assessment for the trip will made on three small exercises that work-up observations made during the day and the overall quality of your field notes Each of these four components carries equal weight.
