Guia docente 2020_21 Facultade de Ciencias do Mar

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
SUBJECT 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE ANALYSIS OF BASINS	1.1. Definitions. Sedimentary basins. Classification 1.2. Origin and evolution of the oceanic basins 1.3. Interest and applications of the analysis of basins
SUBJECT 2. EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL FACTORS CONTROLLING THE EVOLUTION OF THE SEDIMENTARY BASINS	2.1. Tectonics, Climate, Supply and Sea-level changes 2.2. Sequential stratigraphy: Types of sections, 3D architecture of facies and correlation criteria
SUBJECT 3. DATING METHODS	3.1. Introduction to dating methods. 3.2. Methods of dating in the Quaternary
SUBJECT 4. SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY	4.1. Sedimentary discontinuity surfaces: Criteria of recognition 4.2. System tracks in the cycle of se-level oscillation 4.3.Sequences and models of sequences.
SUBJECT 5. PALEOCEANOGRAPHY AND PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY	5.1. Palaeoceanography and plaeoclimatology proxies 5.2. Natural mechanisms of climatic and oceanographic changes