Environmental Planning and Design

SBL602 Basic Geoscience 30.0 ECTS credits

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General information about studying at Luleå University
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 AND CREDITS 
Fieldstudies                                                	6.0 ECTS
Laboratory work                                             	4.5 ECTS
Written exam,                                               	6.0 ECTS
Written exam, geophysics                                    	4.5 ECTS
Written exam, geology                                       	9.0 ECTS

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