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Field observations and their interpretations together with other datasets and imagery, allied to focussed laboratory work on geological materials, may be integrated to inform understanding of geological processes that play within and upon the earth’s crust. The course will enhance essential geo- and reasoning skills through integrated field, laboratory and desk-top investigations showing how geological processes interact in time and place – a culmination of the BSc Geology programme.
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | Second Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course integrates direct observation and interpretation of geology from directed fieldwork together with published datasets to build a broad, multidisciplinary understanding of the evolution of part of the continental crust through a period of geological time. The fieldwork component will consist of a linked series of data-gathering and interpretation tasks. This will be supplemented by additional resources such as geophysical subsurface/satellite imagery and geochemical data.
When appropriate logistical arrangements can be made, the course will involve studying a “geotraverse” style transect, involving residential fieldwork of approximately one week’s duration. This will link to associated “desk-top” exercises for context and to supplement fieldwork leading to an integrated understanding of linked geological processes.
| Description | Value |
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| Field class - cost to be notified once venues etc fixed at start of academic year for the L4 cohort. | 0.0000 |
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 60 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Verbal commentary in seminar session, written notes afterwards. Note - a formative poster-based integrative task will run during the field class. Assessment running through closing weeks of HS2. Feedback within a few days after the seminar |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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Comments on field notebook etc. A formative feedback exercise will run during the field class. Assessment to be submitted at end of field class. Feedback within a few days of return from field. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 31 | Feedback Weeks | 33 | |
| Feedback |
Lab book with basic results and analyses and summarised. The organisation, lay-out and quality of synthesis will be assessed here. Formative feedback given during the sessions. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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An essay-based exam, no word limit, under exam conditions. Feedback provided via comments on script |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Remember | Consolidation of geological field and laboratory skills |
| Conceptual | Understand | Enhance knowledge of geological concepts |
| Procedural | Apply | Planning and executing focused investigation of geological outcrops and regions |
| Conceptual | Analyse | Integration of diverse earth science information |
| Procedural | Create | Development of integrated geological histories linked to internal and surficial earth processes. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Challenging published geological investigations and interpretations against one's own observations and deductions. |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Enhancement of critical thinking and reasoning skills. |
| Procedural | Create | Enhance visual presentation skills. |
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