2025
General Geology
Name: General Geology
Code: GEO00749L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/155 hours
Scientific Area:
Geosciences
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Acknowledgment of the dynamic character of the Earth during the past and the present.
Identification of the different types of data used in the study of the Earth. Recognition of the internal structure of the Earth. Knowing the different types of rocks. Understanding of the relationship between the internal and the external geodynamic processes. Understanding and recognition of the interactions between the tectonic, the lithological and the hydrological cycles.
Identification of the different types of data used in the study of the Earth. Recognition of the internal structure of the Earth. Knowing the different types of rocks. Understanding of the relationship between the internal and the external geodynamic processes. Understanding and recognition of the interactions between the tectonic, the lithological and the hydrological cycles.
Contents
1 - Introduction of the Geology. Geological Time. Geology and Society.
2 - Structure of the Earth. Direct and indirect methods. Physical and chemical zoning.
3 - Plate Tectonics and Wilson Cycle (tectonic cycle). Continental drift and seafloor spreading. Morphology and evolution of oceans and continents.
4 - Minerals. Major rock-forming minerals. Minerals and the rock cycle.
5 - Magmatic rocks. Magmas, partial melting, magma evolution. Systematic of magmatic rocks. Magmatism and plate tectonics. Volcanism.
6 - Sedimentary rocks. Weathering, transport, sedimentation and diagenesis. Systematic of sedimentary rocks.
7 - Metamorphic rocks. Types of metamorphism. Systematic of metamorphic rocks. Metamorphism and plate tectonics.
8 - Hydrologic Cycle. Chemical and physics weathering. River, coastal, glaciers systems and mass movements.
9 - Introduction to Geology of Portugal.
2 - Structure of the Earth. Direct and indirect methods. Physical and chemical zoning.
3 - Plate Tectonics and Wilson Cycle (tectonic cycle). Continental drift and seafloor spreading. Morphology and evolution of oceans and continents.
4 - Minerals. Major rock-forming minerals. Minerals and the rock cycle.
5 - Magmatic rocks. Magmas, partial melting, magma evolution. Systematic of magmatic rocks. Magmatism and plate tectonics. Volcanism.
6 - Sedimentary rocks. Weathering, transport, sedimentation and diagenesis. Systematic of sedimentary rocks.
7 - Metamorphic rocks. Types of metamorphism. Systematic of metamorphic rocks. Metamorphism and plate tectonics.
8 - Hydrologic Cycle. Chemical and physics weathering. River, coastal, glaciers systems and mass movements.
9 - Introduction to Geology of Portugal.
Teaching Methods
The theoretical teaching of this curricular unit is based on lectures supported on slide shows (accessible to the students in the e-learning platform Moodle).
The practical part of this curricular unit includes a brief theoretical introduction to each module (cartography and identification of minerals and rocks in hand sample) and the resolution of pratical exercices of 1:25000 cartography and the determination of the minerals and rocks properties and classification,
Two models of evaluation are available to the students: (i) two tests with a theoretical and a practical component at the middle and at the end of the semester; (ii) final exam with a theoretical and a practical component.
The practical part of this curricular unit includes a brief theoretical introduction to each module (cartography and identification of minerals and rocks in hand sample) and the resolution of pratical exercices of 1:25000 cartography and the determination of the minerals and rocks properties and classification,
Two models of evaluation are available to the students: (i) two tests with a theoretical and a practical component at the middle and at the end of the semester; (ii) final exam with a theoretical and a practical component.
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