Tectonics (part1)

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Course ID:	1300-OTK1W
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:	Tectonics (part1)
Name in Polish:	Tektonika (część 1)
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
Prerequisites (description):	Student should know the information about structural geology (subject).
Short description:	The lectures concern the construction of the Earth and the major geological structures such as lithospheric plates, rifts, orogens, deformation bands, transform faults, fracture zones, interpreted mainly in the context of the theory of plate tectonics of the lithosphere.
Full description:	1. Tectonics or structural geology. 2. Geophysical methods: - Seismic profiling - Analysis of gravity anomalies, - Paleomagnetic studies, - Analysis of focals of earthquakes. 3. Construction of the Earth - crust, mantle, lithosphere, asthenosphere, core, 4. Moho boundary - phase boundaries. 5. Cratons – platform tectonics. 6. Plate tectonics - the story of discovery, oceanic and continental crust.
Bibliography:	(in Polish) Philip Kearey, Keith A. Klepeis & Frederick J. Vine. 2009. Global Tectonics Wiley-Blackwell, third edition. Kent C. Condie. 1989. Plate Tectonics & Crustal Evolution. Pergamon Press. Allan Cox & Robert Brian Hart. 1986. Plate Tectonics How it works. Blackwell Science Eldridge M. Moores & Robert J. Twiss. 1995. Tectonics. Freeman.
Learning outcomes:	After completing the course, students should know the main tectonic structures and to find relationships between them. The object is to arouse curiosity of young researchers, indicate ambiguities in the interpretation and attempts to solve the problems of tectonic.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	The basic criterion for assessing the knowledge of the knowledge gained in lectures.
Practical placement:	none

This course is not currently offered.

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