Glacial geology

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Course ID:	1300-OGGL4W
Erasmus code / ISCED:	07.304 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0532) Earth science The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Glacial geology
Name in Polish:	Geologia glacjalna
Organizational unit:	Faculty of Geology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	Polish
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Requirements:	Geomorphology & Quaternary geology (Part 1) 1300-OEMQ1L1 Geomorphology & Quaternary geology (part 2) 1300-OEMQ2Z1
Prerequisites (description):	(in Polish) Znajomość podstaw geomorfologii i geologii czwartorzędu, umiejętność interpretacji mapy topograficznej i mapy geologicznej.
Short description:	Elements of glaciology, glacial processes, landforms and deposits, glaciofluvial, glaciolacustrine and glaciomarine environments.
Full description:	Lecture. History of glacial research, glacier classifications, glacier balanns and movement, glacier surges. Glacial erosion, transport and deposition. Glaciotectonics. Tills, glacial hydrology. Glaciofluvial, glaciolacustrine and glaciomarine environments. Frontal and areal deglaciation. Glacioisostasy. Glacial series. Para-glacial phenomena.
Bibliography:	BENN. D.I., EVANS, D.J.A. 1998. Glacier and Glaciation. Edward Arnold; London-New York-Sydney-Auckland DREWRY, D.J. 1986. Glacial geologic processes. Edward Arnold; London
Learning outcomes:	Basic knowledge of glacier dynamics, deposits and landforms. Characteristics of glacial environments. Morphometric analysis of glaciers and their cartographic images.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Presentation of glaciologic and glacial science (exam).
Practical placement:	(in Polish) brak

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