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Landscape functioning 1 (abiotic aspect)

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Course ID: 1900-3-FK1-GK
Erasmus code / ISCED: 07.1 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. / (unknown)
Course title: Landscape functioning 1 (abiotic aspect)
Name in Polish: Funkcjonowanie krajobrazu I (aspekt abiotyczny)
Organizational unit: Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies
Course groups: (in Polish) Przedmioty obowiązkowe, dzienne studia II stopnia (Geoekologia i geomorfologia) - sem. 2
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.
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Language: Polish
Main fields of studies for MISMaP:

geography
Type of course:

obligatory courses
Prerequisites (description):

Fundamental information of geomorphology
Mode:

Classroom
Remote learning
Short description:

Discussion of the functioning of the abiotic environment with particular emphasis on geomorphological processes. Dynamics of fluvial, aeolian, glacial, littoral, slope and periglacial processes. Record of geomorphological processes in relief and sediments.
Full description:

Dynamics and conditions of the processes of weathering, erosion, transport and deposition; features of sediments; types of relief. Types of river beds and their formation; dynamics of aeolian processes; aeolian accumulation; forms of wind erosion; loess and loess carving; glacier dynamics; erosion, transport and glacial deposition; proporties of glacial tills as an indicator of their genesis; marginal zone; hydro-glacial environment; glacial deformation structures; littoral environment; sea shore dynamics; types of coasts; mass movements and mud and debris flows; soil water erosion intensity; features of slope sediments; periglacial environment - processes, forms and structures.
Bibliography: (in Polish)

Allen P.A., 2000. Procesy kształtujące powierzchnię Ziemi. PWN Warszawa.

Benn, D.I., Evans, D.J.A., 1998. Glaciers and Glaciation. Arnold, London.

Charlton R., 2008, Fundamentals of fluvial geomorphology. Routledge Taylors &Fransis Group, London and New York.

French, H.M. 1996. The Periglacial Environment. Longman, Singapore.

Jahn, A. 1970. Zagadnienia strefy peryglacjalnej. PWN, Warszawa.

Klimaszewski, M., 1978. Geomorfologia. PWN, Warszawa.

Livingstone I., Warren A. 1996. Aeolian Geomorphology. Longman.

Nowaczyk B. Wiek wydm w Polsce. Wyd. Naukowe UAM.

Pulina M., 1999. Kras. Formy i procesy. Wyd. UŚ, Katowice.

Pye K. 1987. Aeolian dust and dust deposits. Academic Press.

Pye K., Tsoar H. 1990. Aeolian Sand and Sand Dune. Unwin Hyman, London.

Selby M.J.,1993.Hillslope materials and processes. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

Seppällä M., 2004. Wind as a geomorphic agent in cold climates. Camridge University Press.

Teisseyre A.K., 1994, Spływ stokowy i współczesne osady deluwialne w lessowym rejonie Henrykowa na Dolnym Śląsku, Prace Geol.-Mineral. Uniw. Wrocławskiego 43.

Teysseyre K., 1991, Klasyfikacja koryt rzecznych w świetle geometrii hydraulicznej.

Washburn, A.L. 1973. Periglacial processes and environments. Arnold, London.
Learning outcomes:

KNOWLEDGE

1. The student knows the geomorphological processes typical for different types of landscape;

2. The student knows the landforms characteristic of aeolian, glacial, periglacial, fluvial, littoral and slope environments and the processes responsible for their formation;

3. The student knows the most important aspects of geomorphology and the importance of the influence of climate and anthropopressure on the dynamics of processes shaping the surface of the Earth;

SKILLS

1. Student is able to explain the causes of some phenomena observed in nature;

2. The student can present the conditions of the occurrence of some phenomena in geomorphology;

3. The student knows how to apply the measurement methods used in the research of the abiotic environment, taking into account the specificity of its diversification.

ATTITUDES

1. The student understands how important it is to learn the mechanisms of operation of individual processes.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Final oral or written exam (to be agreed with the group)
Practical placement:

-

Classes in period "Summer semester 2023/24" (in progress)

Time span: 2024-02-19 - 2024-06-16
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: Ewa Smolska
Group instructors: Maciej Dąbski, Ewa Smolska
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Examination
Lecture - Examination
Mode:

Remote learning
Notes: (in Polish)

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Classes in period "Summer semester 2024/25" (future)

Time span: 2025-02-17 - 2025-06-08
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Lecture, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: Ewa Smolska
Group instructors: (unknown)
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Examination: Course - Examination
Lecture - Examination
Mode:

Remote learning
Notes: (in Polish)

egzamin pisemny
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