Geologic Risks

Code: GEO13471M

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Geology

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

Acquisition of knowledge to the analysis of the various geological risks.
It is intended that students acquire and integrate several concepts in order to identify and understand contexts that induce natural risk situations. At the end of the semester they should be able to identify potential natural hazards based on the thematic mapping analysis.

Theoretical:
1.Definition of Risk
Danger
Vulnerability
Mitigation
2.Earthquakes
Seismic microzoning
Seismic forecasting and prevention
Tsunamis
3.Flood plains
Mechanisms for quantification and flow control
Factors and effects of floods
Prevention
Mitigation Measures
4.Movements of soil and rock masses
Types of movement
Inducing mechanisms and factors
Landslides
Rock Movements
Stabilization of slopes
5.Coastal hazards
6.Volcanic eruptions
Forecasting and Monitoring
Security and prevention actions
7.Soils
Erosion of soils
Erosion Factors
Subsidence and solos
8.Radioactivity
Theoretical foundations
Natural decay of rocks.
Consequences of radioactivity, risks associated and mitigation measures

Practice:
Analysis of selected articles and sets of geological, topographic, satellite images, charts of slopes, soil occupation, climatic, with a view to the identification and characterization of natural hazards.