Educational guide 2023_24 Facultade de Ciencias do Mar

Methodologies

	Description
Lecturing	Lectures on the 12 topics of the program. Coverage of the topics will be flexible to address questions and issues that may arise over the duration of the course. Attendance is mandatory (80% lectures).
Studies excursion	It includes the 2 fieldtrips of 7 hours each (Vigo and Pontevedra Rias), which are aimed at carrying out direct observations on specific sedimentary environments and evaluate their main sedimentological features. Attendance is mandatory.
Laboratory practical	5 hours of laboratory practical, using a petrographic microscope as a fundamental tool to perform petrographic investigation of sediments and sedimentary rocks. Attendance is mandatory.
Mentored work	Reports to be presented after seminars, laboratory practicals, and fieldtrips.
Seminars	Seminars of 2:20 hours each in the laboratory, during which main analytical techniques and approaches are illustrated and applied. Seminars will centre on: (1) Grain-size determination and statistics; (2) Sediment transport processes in a sedimentation channel; and (3) Quantitative analysis of carbonate sedimentation in the ocean. Attendance is mandatory.