Geological Mapping

Code:

G322

Acronym:

G322

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Geology

Instance: 2014/2015 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Plannings
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Geology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
L:G	19	P.E - estudantes com 1ª matricula anterior a 09/10	3	-	5	-
		P.E - estudantes com 1ª matricula em 09/10	3	-	5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The main objective is that the student in the final semester has made a geological map of an area of about one square kilometer on a certain scale. To do so will have to use a topographic map provided and use other complementary means such as Google Earth. It must include lithological aspects, mineralogical, structural, etc. As with any geologic map must have a legend and a supporting report, similar to an explanatory note.

Learning outcomes and competences

As the following skills acquired are expected:
Ability to collect data in the field, record these observations and make interpretations.
Implementation of lithological and structural aspects in appropriate maps.
Capacity for synthesis and preparation of a proposal for a geological map.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Working method

Presencial

Program

Consultation in the classroom of all the available data on the study area. Bibliography suggestion to consult.
Field visit with all students, covering the entire area to map, showing all lithologies present, as well as the characterization metamorphic, structural, and eventually mineralization that may be present.
Geological mapping of the area assigned to each group, the grades shown in the map provided. Special attention should be given to geological contacts and faults. Discussion between members of the same group on interpretation given to all of the data collected.
In the last field class there will be a field of examination to assess the ability of each student in the measurement structures, lithology identification and mineralization present.

Mandatory literature

Medeiros, C., Pereira, E. & Moreira, A. ; Carta geológica de Portugal na escala 1/50.000. Notícia explicativa. Folha 9-D Penafiel. Serviços Geológicos de Portugal. Lisboa. 1980, Serviços Geológicos de Portugal, 1980
Couto Helena; As mineralizações de Sb-Au da região Dúrico-Beirã
Helena Couto, Jasper Knight, Alexandre Lourenço; Late Ordovician ice-marginal processes and sea-level change from the north Gondwana platform: Evidence from the Valongo Anticline (northern Portugal), Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 375 (2013) 1–15

Complementary Bibliography

Fernandes Isabel Maria Romero Sousa Magalhães; Percursos geológicos do sulco carbonífero dúrico-beirão(Valongo-Gondomar-Castelo de Paiva)
Couto Helena; Viagens no tempo. ISBN: 978-989-20-2536-0
Couto Helena; História geológica do anticlinal de Valongo. ISBN: 978-989-20-2535-3
Mary Lou Bevier; Introduction to Field Geology, 2005

Teaching methods and learning activities

Fieldwork with data collecting and interpretation with teacher support.

Software

Google Earth

keywords

Natural sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	20,00
Participação presencial	20,00
Trabalho de campo	25,00
Trabalho escrito	35,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	20,00
Total:	20,00

Eligibility for exams

Conditions provided by the Statute

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation of the course includes the following elements 1. Attendance, participation, development of fieldwork - 4.0 values; 2. Examination field - 4.0 values;3.  Individual report + Book Field - 7.0 values 4. Map (group) - 5.0 values. 

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Rules of FCUP regulation are applied 

Classification improvement

Necessary to develop new fieldwork.