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TGB4266 - Tectonics

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Examination arrangement

Examination arrangement: Oral exam
Grade: Letter grades

Evaluation Weighting Duration Grade deviation Examination aids
Oral exam 100/100 1 hours

Course content

The subject gives an overview of geological processes that are at work in the Earth´s principal tectonic environments, such as rifts, rifted margins, oceanic crust and ridges and mountain belts and how the interplay between these processes create the geological systems we can observe at the Earth´s surface, in the oceans or in the subsurface. The subject provides an overview of the most important tectonic frameworks as we understand them today and demonstrates how knowledge and methodologies from several geodisciplines such as structural geology, sedimentology, petrology, geochemistry, geophysics and geochronology s must be integrated in order to understand them. Each student will be assigned a special topic that they will present in the form of a seminar containing an oral presentation and group discussion.

Learning outcome

Knowledge: The candidates can explain the most important tectonic regimes on Earth, the geological processes that operate in these regimes and the most common methods used in the mapping and understanding of these processes. Each candidate will acquire in-depth knowledge in one particular topic.

Skills: The candidates are able to identify the tectonic régime responsible for a set of geological or geophysical observations and put these into a regional framework. The candidate can address, present and discuss complex relationships inside his or her special topic.

General competence: The candidate can place local observations into a regional context, evaluate the different data types and methods used to understand the regional geology and discuss the interaction between tectonic and other geological processes that have contributed to the shaping of the geology of a region.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, compulsory exercises, student seminars, excursion. The course is evaluated by a reference group.

Compulsory assignments

  • Field course
  • Exercises

Further on evaluation

All exercises plus the excursion must be approved.

Required previous knowledge

TGB4150 Structural Geology, Basic Course.

Course materials

Selected scientific papers and book chapters.

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Facts

Version: 1
Credits:  7.5 SP
Study level: Second degree level

Coursework

Term no.: 1
Teaching semester:  AUTUMN 2023

Language of instruction: English

Location: Trondheim

Subject area(s)
  • Structural Geology/Tectonics
  • Geophysical Interpretation
  • Petroleum Geosciences
Contact information

Examination

Examination arrangement: Oral exam

Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
Autumn ORD Oral exam 100/100

2023-12-11 - 2023-12-12

09:00
Room Building Number of candidates
Summer UTS Oral exam 100/100
Room Building Number of candidates
  • * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
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