Guia docente 2024_25 Facultad de Ciencias del Mar

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
UNIT 0: PRESENTATION	Presentation of the subject. General explanation of the objectives of the course, the theoretical and practical contents and the evaluation system.
UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION	The external geological cycle and the sediment routing-system
UNIT 2: THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE HYDROSPHERE	Atmosphere: origin, composition, structure and dynamics. Oceanic waters and its circulation. Continental waters: the hydrological cycle.
UNIT 3: WEATHERING, SOILS AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS	Weathering and erosion, types and rates. Soil formation and soil types. Sediment transport. Formation and classification of sediments and sedimentary rocks. Diagenesis
UNIT 4: THE CONTINENTAL ZONE	Geological processes in glacial environments. geological Processes in arid environments. Geological processes in fluvial environments. Geological processes in lacustrine environments.
UNIT 5: THE COASTAL ZONE	Terminology related to the coastal zone. Coastal environments. Morphodynamics.
UNIT 6: THE CONTINENTAL SHELF AND THE OCEANIC BASINS	Morphology and distribution of marine floors. The continental shelf Reefs The continental slope The deep ocean floor (abyssal basins and mid ocean ridges)
UNIT 7: GRAVITATIONAL PROCESSES	Gravitational processes in emerged and underwater settings.
UNIT 8: GEOLOGICAL RESOURCES	Fossil hydrocarbons: oil, natural gas, and gas hydrates. Marine mining: nodules and crusts.
SEMINARS	Seminar 1: Rocks with clocks Seminar 2: ¿What does the Earth do with the CO2?. Seminar 3: Weathering processes in rocks.
PRACTICALS	Practical 1: Drawing and interpreting geological cross-sections. Practical 2:Analysis of geological maps and cross-sections. Calculations of dip and strike and thicknesses of layers. Unconformities. Practical 3: Space representation in geology: contour maps of marine sediment thickness. Practical 4: Identification of sedimentary rocks. Calculation of the calcium carbonate content of marine sediments.
STUDIES EXCURSION	Geological inspection of the Ramallosa-Baiona route to study the control that the geology, marine and fluvial dynamics exert on the coastal geomorphology. Identification of the human impact on the coast