INSTRUCTORS
Lectures: | E. Skourtsos, Assist. Prof. |
Lab. Training: | E. Skourtsos, Assist. Prof D. Theocharis, Laboratory Teaching Staff G. Danamos, Laboratory Teaching Staff |
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COURSE KEY ELEMENTS
LEVEL / SEMESTER: | EQF level 6; NQF of Greece level 6 / 4th |
TYPE: | Scientific Area, Specific background, Skills development |
TEACHING ACTIVITIES - HOURS/WEEK - ECTS: | Lectures, Practical exercises, Fieldwork
2 hours of lecturing,
1 hour of practical exercises per week,
4 ECTS credit |
Prerequisites: | None |
Language of instruction and Assessment: | Greek (V.S.1 English) |
Availability to Erasmus+ Students: | YES in English |
COURSE CONTENT:
A. Lectures
The main fields presentedand developed during the course are the following:
Introduction to Geotectonics (Continental Crust, Oceanic Crust, Lithosphere and Asthenosphere, etc). Oceanic Basins, Precambrian Shields, Phanerozoic Regions. Introduction to Lithospheric Plate Tectonics Divergent Margins, passive margins. Transform Faults. Convergence Margins. Subduction Zones, island arcs and active continental margins. Collision, Orogenesis – Anatomy of Orogenetic Zones. Structure of the Main Orogenetic Chains. Old Orogens, Young Orogens.
B. Practice Exercises
Exercises for the construction of geological cross-sections and the determination of geotectonic integration and evolution in terms of Lithospheric Plate Tectonics, from geological maps with various geotectonic environmentsyses
C. Field Exercises (Outdoors)
ONE-DAY FIELD TRIP IN CORINTHIA – ARGOLIDA: (Ophiolites, alpine rocks, interpretation of deposition environment, evolution in terms of Plate Tectonics)ions of isotopic hydrology).
LEARNING ACTIVITIES - TEACHING METHODS:
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES:
| Activity | Student’s effort |
| Lectures | 26 hours |
| Pracical exercises | 13 hours |
| Fieldwork | 10 hours |
| Unguided Study / Homework | 25 hours |
| Preparation for final Assessment | 26 hours |
| Total student effort | 100 hours |
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
The assessment process is conducted in Greek (there is the possibility of examination in English for Erasmus students), either with progressive exams in separate sections of the course content or with the final examination of the entire course material which includes:
I. LECTURES (50%)
- Oral Examination and/or
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions and Multiple Choice Test and/or
- Written Exam with Extended Answer Questions
II. PRACTICE EXERCISES (35%)
- Written exam with Solving Exercises and Problems
ΙII. FIELD EXERCISES (15%)
- Oral examination in the field and with evaluation of required Report or Essay
The evaluation criteria of the course and the participation rates are described in the student handbook.
RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Suggested Bibliography:
- Lekkas, S. Lozios, S & Skourtsos E., Introduction to Geotectonics, 332 pages. University of Athens (in Greek).
Additional Teaching Material:
- Allen, A. P. and Allen, R. J. 2004. Basin Analysis. Principles and Applications. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.
- Allen, A. P. and Homewood, P. (Editors). 1986. Foreland Basins. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.
- Boilot, G. 1981. Geology of the Continental Margins. New York: Longman Inc.
- Busby, J. K. and Ingersoll, V. R. 1995. Tectonics of Sedimentary Basins. Massachusetts: Blackwell Science, Inc.
- Chernicoff, S. and Whitney, D. 2002. Geology. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Davies, F. G. 1999. Dynamic Earth. Plates, Plumes and Mantle Convection. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Frisch W., Meschede M. & Blakey R., 2011. Plate Tectonics. Continental Drift and Mountain Building. Springer.
- Hamblin, K. W. and Howard, D. J. 2002. Exercises in Physical Geology. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
- Hancock, L. P. (Editor). 1994. Continental Deformation. Oxford: Pergamon Press Ltd.
- Holdsworth, E. R., Strachan, R. A. and Dewey, F. J. 1998. Continental Transpressional and Transtensional Tectonics. London: Geological Society Special Publication No 135.
- Howell, G. D. 1993. Tectonics of Suspect Terranes. Mountain Building and Continental Growth. London: Chapman & Hall.
- Kearey, Ph. And Vine, j. F. 1990. Global Tectonics. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.
- Λέκκα, Σ. 1985. Σημειώσεις Δυναμικής Γεωλογίας. Αθήνα: Εκδόσεις Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών.
- Moores, M. E. and Twiss, J. R. 1995. Tectonics. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company.
- Olsen H. K. (Editor). 1995. Continental Rifts. Evolution, Structure, Tectonics. Publication No. 264 of the International Lithosphere Program. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science B. V.
- Pluijm, van der A. B. and Marshak S. 1997. Earth Structure. An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics. U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
- Press, F. and Siever, R. 1998. Understanding Earth. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company.
- Sengupta, S. 1997. Evolution of Geological Structures in MicrotoMacro-scales. London: Chapman & Hall.
- Skinner, J. B. and Porter, C. S. 2000. The Dynamic Earth. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Summerfield, A. M. 2000. Geomorphology and Global Tectonics. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Tarbuck, J. E. and Lutgens, K. F. 1990. Earth. An Introduction to Physical Geology. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
- Windley, F. B. 1995. The Evolving Continents. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
1 V.S.: Visitor Students (e.g. ERASMUS)