2025

Marine Geology

Name: Marine Geology
Code: GEO00750L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area: Geosciences

Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Sustainable Development Goals

Learning Goals

The understanding and practical use of the specific methodologies applied in Marine Geology.
The understanding of the chemical and physical processes that correlate the coastal areas, the water column and the formation of marine sediments.
Coastal processes. Morphodynamics and sedimentary transport.
Transmission of the scientific foundations needed for the management of the marine resources.

Contents

The marine geology as discipline integrative of the geological and geophysical knowledge on oceanic basins.
The marine geology in the context of the global tectonics
Sedimentary and oceanographic processes
Sea waves
Wave energy use
Beach morphodynamics
Sedimentary budget along the coast line
Coastal protection structures
Ocean physiography
Indirect methods of study in marine geology
Direct methods of study in marine geology
Fluid escape in marine sedimentary basins
Oceanic magmatism
Mineral resources of the oceans
Usage of free software and databases in the study of the oceans

Teaching Methods

The contents of this course will be taught by lectures, practical classes and tutorial guidance.
The ranking will be done through two final tests focusing on the theoretical and practical contents of the course (EF) and an essay focusing on one of the themes of the course (M).

The calculation will be done through the formula:
Nota Final = Maximo (EF) * 0,6 + M * 0,4