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Planetary Tectonics

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Course ID: 1300-OTPL2W
Erasmus code / ISCED: 07.305 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: Planetary Tectonics
Name in Polish: Tektonika planet
Organizational unit: Faculty of Geology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 2.00 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.
Language: Polish
Type of course:

obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):

General knowledge about Physical Geology and Tectonics, basic knowledge about Solar System (at medium school level).
Short description:

Lecture presents these results of investigations of planets and moons of Solar System, which indicate occurrence of different tectonic processes – in past and present.
Full description:

Lecture starts in the 2nd week of the semester, because is preceded by a lecture about basics of tectonics for students from departments other than Geology. First 3 lectures are about methods of investigations of other planets, next 9 presents review of tectonics of all terrestrial planets and icy satellites – i.e. all bodies with rigid crust. Discussed is internal structure (core, mantle, crust), and all visible tectonic structures of each planet and satellite.

Lecture 1: Tectonics and planets – definitions. Data sources.

Lecture 2: Internal structure of planets – geotectonics.

Lecture 3: Planetary surfaces and processes.

Lecture 4: Moon – internal structure.

Lecture 5: Surface of the Moon.

Lecture 6: Mercury.

Lecture 7: Venus – internal structure

Lecture 8: Venus – surface and processes.

Lecture 9: Mars – internal structure

Lecture 10: Mars – surface and processes.

Lecture 11: Distant Solar System – Jovian moons.

Lecture 12: Distant Solar System –moons of Saturn, Uran and Neptune.

Lecture 13. Exam (test).
Bibliography: (in Polish)

Wykład opracowany i aktualizowany na podstawie znacznej ilości artykułów w pismach, głównie „Icarus”i „Earth and Planetarny Scence Letters” (dostępnych przez ICM Scence Server).

Wymagania egzaminacyjne ograniczają się do materiału zawartego w konspektach do wykładu (http://www.geo.uw.edu.pl/ztkg/planety.php).

Literatury „podręcznikowej” dotąd brak, właśnie się ukazała:

Watters T.R., Schultz R.A. (Eds.), 2009. „Planetary Tectonics”, Cambridge University Press.

Po polsku nieliczne pozycje, m.in.:

Atlas Układu Słonecznego NASA, 1999, Prószyński I S-ka.

Bullock M.A., Grinspoon D.H. Globalna zmiana klimatu na Wenus. Świat Nauki nr 5, 1999:26-33.

Nelson R.M. Merkury, zapomniana planeta. Świat Nauki 1/98.

McSween H.Y.1996. Od gwiezdnego pyłu do planet. Prószyński I S-ka.

Pappalardo R.T.et al. Ukryty ocean Europy. Świat Nauki, nr 3, 2000:46-55.
Learning outcomes:

After lecture student have knowledge about tectonics of all terrestrial planets and moons in the Solar System, and about general rules of geological processes occurring on planets, similar in spite of their physical diversity.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Final exam (test). Correctional exam – repeated test.
Practical placement: (in Polish)

brak

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-28
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Type of class:
Lecture, 30 hours, 6 places more information
Coordinators: Wojciech Ozimkowski
Group instructors: Wojciech Ozimkowski
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