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Extended field excursion (duration 7 days) adressing different topics dependent on the localities visited (varies from year to year).
Crystals and Minerals
Kristalle und Mineralien
In the lecture part, the objective of this course is to understand the basic concepts needed to understand the evolution, structure, and dynamics of the Earth from the perspectives of the mineralogy and crystallography.In the exercise part, the students familiarize with about 70 minerals and their macroscopic properties.
Advanced Earth Science Excursions for students with a special interest in Earth Science field studies.
Earth Science Excursions I
Erdwissenschaftliche Exkursionen I
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Earth Science Excursions II
Erdwissenschaftliche Exkursionen II
Excursions to a wide range of geological topics in the Alps and adjacent areas
Earth Science Excursions III
Erdwissenschaftliche Exkursionen III
Excursions to a wide range of geological topics in the Alps and adjacent areas
Geological Field Course I
Geologischer Feldkurs I
Identification and characterization of important sedimentary, magmatic and metamorphic rocks and discussion of their genesis in a well-constrained geological time frame.
Geological Field Course III: Piora
Geologischer Feldkurs III: Kristallin
The course takes place in the Piora area (N Tessin) from the 27/06 till the 05/07. Using modern methods, students will draw a geologic map and acquire structural geological and petrological data to understand tectono-metamorphic processes in the Alps.
Geology of Switzerland
Geologie der Schweiz
- Landscape Switzerland and its geological history- Alps and Jura mountains: archives of an ocean history- From plate-tectonics to mountain building- Present-day landscape forming processes