Engelska Studiehandboken kurser

Environmental Planning and Design

SBL602 Basic Geoscience 30.0 ECTS credits

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TIMEPERIOD: Vt 98

LANGUAGE: Swedish

EXAMINER
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PREREQUISITES
General.

COURSE AIM
The aim of this course is to give a broad introduction to Geoscience.

CONTENTS
General geology. Plate tectonics and the formation of the Earth. Mineralogy. Identification methods. Petrology. Diagnostic methods for rocks. Structural geology. Prequaternary och regional geology. Quaternary geology and soils Man and the geologic environment Meteorology Hydrology Geohydrology Geophysics Geochemistry Geodesy Field-work and excursions Geologic and geophysical mapping. Visits to mines, pits, dams and reclaimed areas. Pumping tests. Computer modelling of ground water flow.

TEACHING
Lectures will be given in Swedish.

EXAMINATION

COURSE GRADE SCALE: U, G, VG

ITEMS/CREDITS


Fieldstudies                                                	6.0ECTS
Laboratory work                                             	4.5ECTS
Written exam,                                               	6.0ECTS
Written exam, geophysics                                    	4.5ECTS
Written exam, geology                                       	9.0ECTS

COURSE LITTERATURE

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