Geological Mapping

Code:

GEOL3009

Acronym:

GEOL3009

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Geology

Instance: 2019/2020 - 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	20	study plan from 2017/18	3	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Interpretation and cartographic representation, involving different geological aspects (geological contacts; chronostratigraphic units, lithostratigraphic units, biostratigraphic units, structures). Preparation of a block diagram and corresponding report interpretive of geology and structure.

Learning outcomes and competences

The development of the course aims to develop the following skills in the student:

- be able and use cartographic representation symbology;

- be able from a geological chart to create profiles and diagram block, observe and interpret geology and geological structures;

- be able to interpret and represent data according to the cartographic scale.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Part 1 presential work

- Fieldwork with the entire group of students with teacher support: 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 and local scale (folds, faults, diaclases, foliation, lineation) and observation of the main types of geological contacts between the different units.

Part 2 distance classes

–Based on the geological map 9_D at a scale of 1: 50,000 and with the help of Google Earth, realization of geological profiles that interpret the geology and structure of the sector under study. Elaboration of a diagram block, based on the profiles, allowing a better interpretation of the geological structure and the relationship between geology and topography.

- Preparation of the individual report with interpretation of the diagram block and geological profiles, making reference to geomorphology, stratigraphic sequence, paleontology, structures, geological resources complementing with the information from the most recent publications in which there is new data.

- Final discussion of the work and evaluation.

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

Group work with elaboration of a block diagram of the sector under study. Individual work to interpret the geology and structure of the region based on the diagram block and updated bibliography.

 

 

 

Software

Google Earth

keywords

Natural sciences

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	50,00
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. Bolck diagram - 10 values;2 .  Individual report - 10 values. 

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Rules of FCUP regulation are applied 

Classification improvement

Necessary to develop a new report.