Morphotectonics

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Course ID:	1300-OMTK4L
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:	Morphotectonics
Name in Polish:	Morfotektonika
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
Short description:	Courses presenting modern methods of reconstruction of tectonic and neotectonic processes based on geomorphological analysis, isotopic dating and low temperature thermochronology.
Full description:	Course presents contemporary methods of reconstruction of tectonic and neotectonic processes based on geomorphological analysis, cosmogenic isotopes and low temperature thermochronolgy. Students will learn about the types of tectonic structures and their reflection in geomorphology, the importance of modern methods of dating rocks using cosmogenic isotopes, and low-temperature thermochronology for restoration of tectonic processes and processes shaping land surface, with particular emphasis on the evolution of orogenic areas. The areas with significant cover of young, quaternary sediments will served as an example of relation between tectonic structures in the basement and the development of glacial processes. During the course methods for estimating the displacement along the faults based on the analysis of drainage networks and fault scarps will be presented, also methods of defining the components of displacement along faults. Students will learn theoretical basis of isotope dating of the "open" and "closed" isotopic systems and procedures of rock dating using low temperature termochronology (fission track and U/Th-He methods). Geological software for analysis of tectonic structures and modeling thermal history of rocks using thermochronological data will be used.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) D. Burbank, R. Anderson. 2001. Tectonic Geomorphology, Blackwell Science. 1-270. W. Bull. 2007. Tectonic Geomorphology of Mountains. Blackwell Publishing. 1-316. J. Braun, P. van der Beek and G. Batt 2006. Quantitative Thermochronology Numerical Methods for the Interpretation of Thermochronological Data. Cambridge University Press 1-258.
Learning outcomes:	After completing a series of lectures student identifies and interprets relations between tectonic structures and surface morphology. Student understands physical basics of cosmogenic isotopes dating and low temperature termochronology dating. According to principles of relief development student understands also differences between surface uplift, rock uplift and exhumation. Student is able to plan sampling campaigning, knows principles of sample preparation for mentioned above dating methods and models temperature-age relationships for simple geological settings and can draw geomorphological conclusions from such modeling.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Lectures are evaluated on the basis of the written test that cover all the issues presented in lectures (80%) also on the basis of continuous evaluation of students progress and his/her active participation in lectures (20%).
Practical placement:	(in Polish) brak

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