Academic Year/course:
2023/24
26419 - Historical and Regional Geology & Geology of Spain
Syllabus Information
Academic year:
2023/24
Subject:
26419 - Historical and Regional Geology & Geology of Spain
Faculty / School:
100 - Facultad de Ciencias
Degree:
296 - Degree in Geology
588 - Degree in Geology
ECTS:
9.0
Year:
3
Semester:
Second semester
Subject type:
Compulsory
Module:
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1. General information
Historical Geology studies the key geological processes that occurred on Earth, such as the formation of the lithosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere, the establishment of plate tectonics, paleogeographic and paleoclimatic evolution, and the emergence and evolution of life. Regional and Spanish Geology studies the genesis of the geological domains of Spain, as well as their mineral deposits and magmatic processes, in the context of regional geology.
These approaches and objectives are aligned with the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations Agenda 2030 (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/), in such a way that the acquisition of the learning results of the subject provides training and knowledge, skills and competencies to contribute to some extent to the achievement of: Goal 4: Quality Education; Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure; and Goal 12: Responsible production and consumption.
2. Learning results
- To know and correctly use the stratigraphic chart, the different chronostratigraphic and geochronological divisions, as well as the absolute ages on which the division is based.
- To know the geological history of the Earth, the formation of the crust and of the primitive continents, the formation and destruction of the different oceans that caused the fragmentation and collision of the continents in Precambrian and Phanerozoic times, in the in the context of Plate Tectonics.
- To know the origin and evolution of the oceans and continents involved in the Caledonian, Variscan and Alpine cycles.
- To know the origin and evolution of life during Precambrian times, the main evolutionary milestones of living beings, and the extinction events of the main fossil groups during the Phanerozoic.
- To know the structure and origin of the Iberian Massif and the situation of the Iberian Massif in the evolutionary context of the European Variscan chain.
- To get to know the alpine chains of Spain. To know the structure and stages of the formation of the Betic System in the context of the evolution of the western Mediterranean. To know the structure and stages of formation of the Pyrenean mountain range in the context of the collision of the Iberian plate with the European plate. To know the foreland basins of these chains.
To know the structure and paleogeographic evolution of intraplate chains: Iberian System and Catalan Coastal System, Montes de Toledo and Sistema Central, and the intramountain basins.
3. Syllabus
Topics 1 to 8. Historical Geology.
Topics 9 to 20. Regional and Spanish geology.
Topics 21 to 25. Appearance and evolution of life.
Topic 26. Magmatism in Spain.
Topic 27. Variscan and alpine mineral deposits of the Iberian Peninsula.
4. Academic activities
Master classes: 49 h. Sessions in which the teacher will explain the syllabus.
Laboratory practices: 16 h. Developed in 8 practical sessions, of approximately 2 h of duration, focusing on the interpretation of geological maps.
This activity is mandatory.
Field practices: 25 h. Distributed in 5 field days in order to analyse the geological record and evolution of geological domains of our environment.
This activity is mandatory.
Assessment tests. 9 h.
Study and personal work.
5. Assessment system
- Exam of the theory syllabus (55% of the overall grade), with the following proportions: topics 1 to 20: 40%; topics 21 to 25: 9%; Topic 26: 3%; topic 27: 3%).
Continuous assessment
- Assessment of attendance and correction of laboratory practices (30% of the overall grade).
- Assessment of attendance and correctness of field practices (15% of the overall grade).
Each of the activities will be graded from 0 to 10, being understood as passed with a grade equal to or higher than 5 points.
However, students who achieve a grade equal to or higher than 4 in any of these parts may compensate it with the other parts .
If the student has not passed the subject by continuous evaluation, they will have the opportunity to pass the parts not passed by means of a global exam in two official calls, which will consist of:
1. Theoretical exam (55%).
2. Practical exam to evaluate the knowledge acquired in laboratory practices (30%) and field practices (15%).