2024
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
The importance of geology to the challenges of the modern society
Earth?s internal structure
Direct and indirect study methods
Models of chemical and mechanical zonation of the Earth
Plate tectonics and the Wilson?s Cycle
Physiography of oceans and continents
Continental drift
Seafloor spreading
The geological record in oceans and continents
Minerals
Mineral classification
Silicate systematics
Minerals and the rock cycle
Magmatic rocks
Formation of magma
Composition of magma
Magmatic processes and the plate tectonics
Sedimentary rocks
Weathering, transport, sedimentation and diagenesis
Classification of sedimentary rocks
Sedimentary environments
Rock deformation
Folds
Faults
Metamorphic rocks
Processes and agents of metamorphism
Deformation and metamorphism
Metamorphism and plate tectonics
Te
Earth?s internal structure
Direct and indirect study methods
Models of chemical and mechanical zonation of the Earth
Plate tectonics and the Wilson?s Cycle
Physiography of oceans and continents
Continental drift
Seafloor spreading
The geological record in oceans and continents
Minerals
Mineral classification
Silicate systematics
Minerals and the rock cycle
Magmatic rocks
Formation of magma
Composition of magma
Magmatic processes and the plate tectonics
Sedimentary rocks
Weathering, transport, sedimentation and diagenesis
Classification of sedimentary rocks
Sedimentary environments
Rock deformation
Folds
Faults
Metamorphic rocks
Processes and agents of metamorphism
Deformation and metamorphism
Metamorphism and plate tectonics
Te
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.
