INSTRUCTORS
Lectures: | N. Evelpidou, Prof. E. Vassilakis, Assoc. Prof. A. Karkani, Laboratory Teaching Staff. |
Lab. Training: | N. Evelpidou, Prof. E. Vassilakis, Assoc. Prof. A. Karkani, Laboratory Teaching Staff. |
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COURSE KEY ELEMENTS
LEVEL / SEMESTER: | EQF level 6; NQF of Greece level 6 / 5th |
TYPE: | General Background, Special Background, General Knowledge (obligatory) |
TEACHING ACTIVITIES - HOURS/WEEK - ECTS: | Lectures & laboratory work and exercises, fieldwork
3 hours of lecturing,
2 hours of practical exercises per week,
6 ECTS credit |
Prerequisites: | None |
Language of instruction and Assessment: | Greek(V.S.1 English) |
Availability to Erasmus+ Students: | YES in English |
COURSE CONTENT:
Α. Lectures
- Earth relief. Endogenous - exogenous processes. Landforms and factors that control them
- Modern directions of geomorphology
- Geomorphological maps
- Research issues in Geomorphology
- Structure shapes (sedimentary - horizontal - single - folded - crystalline)
- Landforms of metamorphic rocks
- Volcanoes
- Faults, fault lines, cliffs
- Tectonic Geomorphology
- Weathering
- Gravity Movements
- Soils
- Hydrological cycle
- Fluvial cycle, hydrographic networks
- Geomorphic environments: Fluvial Geomorphology
- Geomorphology of slopes
- Aeolian Geomorphology
- Karstic Geomorphology
- Morphometric indicators
- Coastal Geomorphology
- Glacial Geomorphology
- Geomorphological risks and environmental impacts.
Β. Practical Exercises:
- Fluvial Geomorphology
- Watershed Sketching
- Quantitative analysis of hydrographic network
- Terraces
- Hydrology
- Geomorphology of slopes
- Aeolian Geomorphology
- Karstic Geomorphology
- Morphometric indicators
- Coastal Geomorphology
- Coastal erosion
- Coastal cliffs
- Coastal deposition
- Glacial Geomorphology
- Geomorphological mapping
C. Field Trips
- Daily field trip in Corinth (Geomorphological mapping, coastal landforms, morphotectonics, erosion, sea level changes, sampling).
- 3-hour field trip inKaisariani (Identification and mapping of fluvial terraces, calculations and measurements of their morphometric characteristics, their lithological and sedimentological composition with specialized instruments).
LEARNING ACTIVITIES - TEACHING METHODS:
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES:
| Activity | Student’s effort |
| Lectures | 39 hours |
| Laboratory work and/or exercises | 26 hours |
| Supervised Field Exercises | 12 hours |
| Unsupervised Field Exercises | 21 hours |
| Writing essays | 20 hours |
| Unguided Study | 32 hours |
| Total student effort | 150 hours |
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
The assessment process is conducted in Greek (there is the possibility of examination in English for Erasmus students).
Lectures (50%) the grade is based on examination during the semester and at the end of the semester in one of the following ways:
- Oral or
- Written, with short-answer questions and multiple choice or
- Written with extended-answer questions
Laboratory exercises (50%) the score is distributed as follows:
- 10% by the weekly participation in the exercises done in the classroom
- 30% in the final exams
- 10% from the reports done, from the field activities
RECOMMENDED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Suggested Bibliography:
- Pavlopoulos K., Evelpidou N., Vassilopoulos A., 2009, ‘Mapping Geomorphological Environments’, published by Springer, ISBN: 978-3-642-01949-4, p.235. (Book website)
- Ευελπίδου, Ν., 2020. Γεωμορφολογία. Εκδόσεις Τζιόλα, Αθήνα. ISBN: 978-960-418-605-1 (Book website) [Κωδ. ΕΥΔΟΞΟΣ: 86054269]
- Ευελπίδου Ν., 2018. Γεωμορφολογία – Εργαστηριακές Ασκήσεις. Ακαδημαϊκές εκδόσεις, σελ. 300. [Book website] [Κωδ. ΕΥΔΟΞΟΣ: 77117790]
- Γεωμορφολογία, Εισαγωγή στις Γεωεπιστήμες, Παυλόπουλος Κ. (Book website)[Κωδ. ΕΥΔΟΞΟΣ: 12777167]
Related scientific Journals:
Additional Teaching Matterial:
- Additional bibliographical sources are available via this course webpage.
1 V.S.: Visitor Students (e.g. ERASMUS)