Geological Mapping

Code:

GEOL3009

Acronym:

GEOL3009

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Geology

Instance: 2017/2018 - 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	30	study plan from 2017/18	3	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Conducting detailed geological mapping in an area of 1 km2, with emphasis on the methods and techniques of geological mapping, data collecting (objectivity and representativeness to a given scale) and supporting documents (topographic map, aerial photography and satellite Google Earth). Interpretation and cartographic representation, involving different geological aspects (geological contacts; lithostratigraphic units, biostratigraphic units, structures). Preparation of detailed geological map and corresponding report.

Learning outcomes and competences

The development of the course aims at the development of the following skills in the student:

- be able to make an adequate sampling, collecting and interpreting data;

- be able to observe and interpret different geological structures;

- be able to insert in a topographic base the different purchased elements ;

- develop conveniently a geologic map.

 

 

 

 

Working method

Presencial

Program

Part 1 - Fieldwork with the entire group of students with teacher support: 1 - Recognition of geographical and geological of field study, in a Variscan context:- Main lithological units and characterization of different types of rocks; - most stricking structural characteristics  at regional scale and observation of the main types of geological contacts between the different units. 2 - General recognition profiles including: 2.1 -  cartographic criteria in metasedimentary or volcanic-sedimentary rocks - Observation and description of any markers or cartographic guide levels; - lithological characterization; - Characterization of the structures resulting from deformation, folds, faults, diaclases , foliation, lineation, and their cartographic representations; - Criteria for the definition of mapping units. 2.2 - Geological resources in the studied area: typology, geological characterization and contextualization.

Part 2 - Survey mapping of an area of 1km2 for each group of students, using topographic maps support, compass and GPS: - Definition of the units to map in the sector under study; - Characterization of their contacts; - Geological interpretive profiles of the structure in  the sector. Part 3 - Preparation of detailed geological map resulting from the work of each group and its individual repor.t Part 4 - Field examination, final discussion and evaluation of the work.

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
H. Couto & J. Knight; The Montalto Formation: A Pre- to Basal Ordovician Succession in the Dúrico-Beirã Area (North Portugal), R. Rocha, J. Pais, J.C. Kulberg and S. Finney Editors. Springer Geology 2014, pp 381-384., 2014
Nadalin, R., Hindi, E, Salamuni, E., Nadalin, L, Angulo, R., Souza, C., Ferreira, F., Castro, L. & Stevanato, R.; Tópicos especiais em cartografia geológica, Rubens José Nadalin, 2014

Complementary Bibliography

Mary Lou Bevier; Introduction to Field Geology, 2005

Teaching methods and learning activities

Fieldwork with data collecting and interpretation with teacher support.

Type of evaluation: distributed evaluation with final exam

Terms of frequency: Conditions provided by the Statute of the FCUP are aplied either with regard to the number of faults for ordinary students, either with regard to the work done by students with special arrangements.

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 FCUP Statutes

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation of the course includes the following elements 1. Attendance, participation, development of fieldwork - 3.0 values; 2. Examination field - 5.0 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.