2018/19
26416 - Geological Mapping
Compulsory
2.2. Learning goals
The student, in order to pass the course, will have to show her/his competence in the following skills:
1. From a geological map: a) identify the main type of stratigraphyc contacts and tectonic structures, b) make geological cross-section and sketches reflecting the geometry of geological structures and their relationships and d) deduce the geological history for the region.
2. From field observations, identify each body rock and contact type (stratigraphic, tectonic, magmatic,...) and the tectonic structures and represent them on a topographyc map.
3. To use the photogeological analysis as a mapping technique.
4. To know and apply the fundamentals of geometrycal analysis for solving problems of geological mapping.
5. To use the compass for measuring the orientation of geological contacts and structures.
6. To make and interpret geological maps.
7. To develop capabilities for scientific work: to select and process critically bibliographic information in Spanish and English; to communicate efficiently scientific contents, both oral and written (in Spanish and, at a basic level, in English); to work alone and within a group.
3.1. Assessment tasks (description of tasks, marking system and assessment criteria)
General design of evaluation activities
Practical field activities in Geology and, above all, in the subject of Geological Mapping are of special relevance since it is where the student acquires and develops a great part of his / her abilities of observation, recognition and presentation of the results of this work on a Map. In fact, field activities are part of 2 evaluation activities (Report of the field area and Report from an inland cartography), which represent, respectively, 50% and 5% of the note in the scale of Evaluation (see evaluation criteria).
There are two modalities of evaluation of the subject Geological Mapping. The first one related to its on-site development (Continuous Assessment) and another (under the Regulation of Learning Assessment Standards, agreed on December 22, 2010 by the Governing Council of the University of Zaragoza, Art. 9.1) for cases In which it is not attended in person, by means of the realization of a Global Assessment Test, which includes all the theoretical-practical activities contained in this subject.
Assessment activities
Modality A: Continuous assessment
In the normal development of the subject (for First and Second Summons), i.e. carried out in person by the student during the course, the evaluation activities will consist of a continuous evaluation of the subject of different learning activities. These include:
1) Reports of practices. Seven practices will be selected from those carried out during the semester, from which the student will make an individual report, whose results will be evaluated from 0 to 10 points. Within this evaluation activity a report of mine mapping (from the field study, 1 day, and the study, 1/2 session), is included. Learning outcomes of all activities (1 to 6) are evaluated. The final grade of this section will be the arithmetic average of the grades of the selected practices.
2) Field work. From the field work (6 days) and photogeological of a field area, the students must carry out, in a fundamentally autonomous way, the cartography of the same and make a memory that includes: 1) a geological mapping, 2) geological sections (3) a complete description of the mapped lithologic units, and (4) a geological interpretation of the region including its 4D evolution. The field work will be carried out in small groups but the memory will be individual. This final report should include a one-page English summary. It evaluates from 0 to 10. Learning outcomes of all learning activities are evaluated (1 to 6). The final grade of this section will be the arithmetic average of the following partial grades: a) Field data acquisition: 1.5 points, and b) Report of the field zone: 8.5 points (Geological mapping–5 points, Geological cross-sections–2.5 points, Geological history–0.5 points, and Brief summary in English–0.5 points)
3) Written partial tests. It will consist of three parts that will be done throughout the period of delivery of the subject. Part 1: brief theoretical-practical issues on aspects of bounded planes, addressed in the course's practical program of the subject. Part 2: photogeological interpretation of a region and transfer of the information to the topographic map. Part 3: reading and interpretation of a geological map of the MAGNA series and realization of a geological section. The maximum joint duration of the tests will be 6 hours. Each part is evaluated from 0 to 10. The final grade in this section will be the sum of the grades obtained in the different parts. This test evaluates learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6.
4) Written final exercise. For students who do not pass the partial written tests, there will be a final written test that will be done during the final examination period established by the Faculty of Sciences that is published on its website. This examination will consist of the same three parts described in the partial tests and the student must be presented, at least, to the parts not previously surpassed.
For activities 1 and 2, the day of delivery of the documents requested for the evaluation will be indicated in advance throughout the course.
Those parts (evaluation activities 1, 2, and 3) that are not passed with a score equal to or higher than 5 in the first call may be recovered in the second call.
In the case of Activity 3 (written tests) and for the Final Evaluation Test, there is the possibility of uploading a grade in any of the two calls (February and September). The qualification that will be taken into account will be that of the last exam carried out.
Modality B. Global test of evaluation
Modality of evaluation for the students who did no attend the subject, or students who, still being it done, wish to take refuge in their right to a global evaluation (for First and Second Summons). In both calls, the following tests:
1) A written test similar to that of activity 3 of the Continuous Assessment Mode.
2) A practical test that will include exercises in learning activities 2, 4 and 6.
3) An additional test, which will consist of two parts: a) a field exam (1 day) in which the student will carry out a mapping of an indicated area and b) a cabinet exam (one morning or afternoon) in which The student will complete the cartography, make a geological cut and make the proper descriptions and interpretations of the field area studied. This second test includes the evaluation of field practices.
Final Assessment Scale
Modality A: Continuous assessment
1) Practice reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 % (factor 0.2)
2) Report of a field zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 % (factor 0.5)
3) Partial/final written exercices . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 % (factor 0.25)
In practice it means multiplying the grade obtained in each assessment activity by the indicated factor and adding the results to obtain the total score of the continuous assessment.
In order to pass the course by means of the Continuous Assessment mode, each one of activities 1, 2, and 3 must be independently passed with a grade of 5 (or higher). In addition, in the case of written tests (activities 3 and 4), the score should be ≥ 5 in each of the partial tests. As indicated, in the case of Activity 1, the final grade of this section (which should be ≥ 5) will be the arithmetic average of the grades of the selected practices.
Modality B: Global assessment
1) Written test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 % (factor 0.2)
2) Practical test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 % (factor 0.2)
3) Adittional test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 % (factor 0.6)
In order to pass the subject through the Global Assessment modality, they must independently pass a score of ≥ 5 each of the 3 tests.