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651-3684-00L 4 Credits BSC , GS D-ERDW
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Geological Field Course III: Crystalline Rocks

Geologischer Feldkurs III: Kristallin

Priority is given to D-ERDW BSc students (6th semester). If space is available UZH Geography and Earth System Sciences students may attend this field course at full cost. The course 651-4131-00L Introduction to Digital Mapping is highly recommended as a prerequisite, since tablets are used for mapping in field course III.
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Abstract

Students will work in the Malenco and Ivrea zones where the mantle-crust boundary and a complete cross section of the crust is exposed. Using modern methods, students will draw a geologic map and profiles so that a translithospheric magmatic system and high grade metamorphic processes in the crust can be understood.

Objective

Students learn how to draw a geologic map and geologic profiles using modern digital methods, how to take representative rock samples, and, how the combination of geologic mapping and profiles leads to a 3D-understanding of the processes that shape the continental crust.

Content

Geologic mapping - Digital mapping; Sampling; Processes at the mantle-crust boundary; Magmatic processes in a translithospheric magmatic system, high-grade metamorphism and migmatization.

Resources

Lecture Notes

A script and introduction to digital mapping will be given before the course.

General Information

Language
German
Levels
BSC , GS
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
graded semester performance

Registration & Places

Max Places
20
Signup End
29.05.2022
Priority: Registration for the course unit is until 22.05.2022 only possible for the primary target group

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
practical/laboratory course Geologischer Feldkurs III: Kristallin
Geologischer Feldkurs vom 4. - 15. Juli 2022 (Malenco/Ivrea)
No time listed 80 h semesterly

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