Geology 3rd Year Field Courses (U03434)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 9 ? Acronym : GEO-3-GFC

Geology students will go to either Mull or Kinlochleven, plus Spain. GPG students will go to Spain, and then can choose to either attend Mull or Kinlochleven, or complete a residential project within the Institute of Earth Science.

Mull: An integration of the Archaean to Recent geological history of Mull, and the construction of a rock-relation diagram. Topics covered will include: Lewisian gneiss; structural geology of deformed Moine schists; Caledonian granite; Mesozoic sedimentary rocks; Tertiary plutonic and extrusive igneous rocks.

Kinlochleven: Structural mapping exercise in deformed Dalradian metamorphic rocks; Caledonian plutonics and extrusives.

The Spanish excursion focuses on the development of Neogene sedimentary basins and associated magmatic activity in the Betic Cordillera in SE Spain.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Sedimentology A

? Costs : Contribution to field trip costs.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Earth Science, (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Other subject areas

Environmental Courses, (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The Mull and Kinlochleven trips are designed to improve the skills you may need for your independent mapping project, and to illustrate ductile deformation and a range of igneous phenomena. Although both cover a similar range of material, the Kinlochleven trip is weighted towards structural mapping and the Mull trip towards interpreting rocks at outcrop. The courses will both be useful for your mapping project, but if you choose to map in a deformed metamorphic terrain you should go to Kinlochleven and you should also take the 'Metamorphic Petrology & Structure' course.

The objective of the Spain field course is to prepare you for independent mapping by consolidating skills in rock identification, documentation and in asking the right questions when tackling an unknown area.

The aim of the residential course associated with Spain fieldtrip - to understand the Quaternary evolution of SE Spain through analysis of the sedimentology and geomorphology of the area covered by the Spain fieldtrip.