Educational guide 2023_24 Facultade de Ciencias do Mar

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
0: PRESENTATION	Presentation of the subject. General explanation of theoretical contents-practical and evaluation system.
1: INTRODUCTION	The external geological cycle.
2: THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE HIDROSPHERA	Atmosphere: origin, composition, structure and dynamicS. Oceanic waters and its circulation. Continental waters: the hydrological cycle.
3: METEORIZATION, SOILS AND SEDIMENTARY ROCKS	Meteorization and erosion, types and velocities. Soil formation and soil types. Formation and classification of sediments and sedimentary rocks. Diagenesis
4: THE CONTINENTAL ZONES	Geological processes in glacial environments geological Processes in desert environments Geological processes in fluvial environments Geological processes in lacustrine environments.
5: THE COASTAL ZONE	Terminology associated to the coastal zone. Coastal environments. Morfodynamics.
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)
7: GRAVITATIONAL PROCESSES	Gravitational processes in emerged and underwater areas.
SEMINARS	Seminar 1: Clocks in rocks. Seminar 2: ¿What does the Earth do with the CO2?. Seminar 3: Processes of meteorización in rocks.
PRACTICALS	Practical 1: Drawing geological sections. Practical 2:Analysis of maps and geological sections. Calculations 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 CaCO3 content of marine sediments.
STUDIES EXCURSION	Geological inspection in the itinerary Ramallosa-Baiona to examine the control that exerts the geology, the marine and fluvial dynamics in coastal geomorphology. Identificacion of human impact on the coast