Global Geology

Code:

G4029

Acronym:

G4029

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Geology

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

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

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
M:A_ASTR	0	Study plan since academic year 2023/2024	1	-	6	42	162
			2
M:G	13	Plano de estudos do Mestrado em Geologia desde 2013_2014	1	-	6	42	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

 

The aim of the UC of Global Geology is to provide an integrated image of the processes and products of the global dynamism and its conditioning in the past and future evolution of the Earth, namely the relation to the sustainability of human development, both in terms of the environment and in terms of Geological resources. The achievement of this objective will be possible through the development of the following competencies, or partial objectives:

- know how to characterize and contextualize in geotectonic terms the compositional variability of the crust;

- to understand and know how to use the concepts of global, internal and external dynamics and their respective interdependencies;

- to be able to interpret the genesis of the different types of rocks and their tectonic contextualization, namely in relation to the Portuguese territory;

- to understand the geological conditioning of the sustainability of our civilizational development.

Learning outcomes and competences

The student must be able to make an integrated analysis of the geological processes, analyzing and integrating at different scales (from the micro- to the global scale), crosscuting disciplinary areas of geology (stratigraphy, petrology, tectonics, geochemistry, geological resources ...). 

The student should be able to do the critical analysis of an article, both in terms of data analysis and in terms of interpretation based on data.

The student must know how to prepare a monograph, synthesizing one of the topics involved in the UC program and must know how to make a geological report of a field visit.

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Global Geology is a syntheses of the knowledge achieved during the 1st cicle in Geology.  The table of contents here proposed required the mastery of the subjects lectured during the bachelor in Geology.

 

Program

1. Objectives and methodology

2. Introduction

3. The theory of plate tectonics as an integrating model of global geodynamics
3.1 - Brief historical analysis and evolution of concepts

3.2 - Crustal thermal regime and mantle -crust interactions

3.3 - Phases of tectonic evolution and their lithological records (integration in the lithological cycle)

3.4 - The endogenous rocks ( magmatic and metamorphic) as a record of orogenic evolution

3.5 - Structural analysis and integration at different scales

3.6 - Tectonic conditioning of concentrations and distribution of geological resources

3.7 - The evolution of the biosphere as a result of global dynamism; Our sustainability in the future evolution of the earth.

3.8 - Environmental implications and climate change and its relation to global geodynamics; Natural risks.

4. Context and geotectonic evolution of the Iberian Peninsula in the various cycles: pre-cadomian and cadomian; variscan and alpine.

Mandatory literature

Dias Rui 340; Geologia de Portugal. ISBN: 978-972-592-364-1
J.M. Cotelo Neiva, A. Ribeiro, L. Mendes Victor, F. Noronha, M. Magalhães Ramalho ; “Ciências Geológicas: Ensino, Investigação e sua História”. , APG, 2010. ISBN: ISBN: 978-989-96669-1-7.
Debelmas Jacques; As grandes estruturas geológicas. ISBN: 972-31-0972-7
Kearey Philip; Global tectonics. ISBN: 0-86542-924-3
Flower C.M.R.; The solid Earth, Cambridge University, 1993
Allen, P.A. and Allen, R.; Basin Analysis: Principles and Application to Petroleum Play Assessment, J.Willey & Sons, 2013

Comments from the literature

Dallmeyer & Martínez Garcia (Eds), “Pre-Mesozoic Geology of Iberia”, Springer-Verlag, 1990, 411pp.

Sawkins, F.J., 1990 – “Metal Deposits in relation to Plate Tectonics”. 2ªEd. Springer-Verlag. New York, 1990.

Suguio, K., Susuki, U., “A evolução geológica da Terra e a fragilidade da vida”. Editora Edgard Blucher, Lda, São Paulo, 2003, 152pp.

Winter, J.,”An introduction to igneous and metamorphic petrology”. Prentice Hall, 2009, 699 pp.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The classes are theoretical and practical and consist of an expository theoretical part and another of analysis and critical debate on the theme of the lesson. 
The student must submit a report, with a maximum of 1500 words, reporting the field activities

In addition the students should prepare a presentation on the synthesis of an English article related to the themes involved in the program. Part of some classes will be used in the preparation and discussion for this work. This presentation will have 10 to 15 minutes followed by 10 minutes of discussion. At the end, the student should deliver the pdf of the presentation.

The student must prepare a field report contextualizing geologically and geographically the fieldwork carried out within the scope of a field view. Due to the impossibility of carrying out the field visit, replacing the report of this visit, students must submit a summary text on the work presented, with a maximum of 1500 words.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho de campo	15,00
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	65,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	50,00
Trabalho de campo	20,00
Estudo autónomo	54,00
Trabalho escrito	38,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

In order to obtain frequency, students must carry out the planned work, namely:

- Make the presentation and discussion of a scientific article.
- Prepare the field visit report (or alternatively write a summary of the scientific article).
- Prepare a monographic work on one of the themes that appear on the list provided by the teachers.

Calculation formula of final grade

The final classification will be:

Elaboration of a monographic work, on one of the themes involved in the contents - 55%;
Elaboration of a power point related to the analysis and discussion of a scientific article - 25%
Field report (or alternatively article overview) - 20%