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Undergraduate Course: Helmsdale 3rd Year Field Excursion and Interpretation Exercise (EASC09041)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) Credits10
Home subject areaEarth Science Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionTo study the structural sedimentological and stratigraphic relationships exposed in Mesozoic strata along the NW shore of the Moray Firth
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Any 3rd Year Earth Science student would have the experience to take this elective.
Additional Costs The School subsidises 50% of the cost of travel and accommodation
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1) WebCT enabled:  Yes Quota:  27
Location Activity Description Weeks Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class First class information not currently available
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
To use teh onshore outcrops to build up an overall picture of the Moray Firth Basin - how and when rifting initiated, sedimentary facies, biostratigraphy, susidence history, etc.
To study the effect of fault segmentation of the Helmsdale Fault on sediment dispersal within the basin.
To study the brittle deformation mechanisms operating at a different scales and in different lithologies and examiner the evidence for enhanced/reduced rock permeability around faults.
To provide geological constraints on the seismic interpretation in the follow work.
Assessment Information
The follow-up exercise focuses on the joint inerpretation of seismic reflection profile and exploration well data tied into and constrained by your knowledge of the structures and sedimentary succession at the basin margin near Helmsdale. It will be carried out in groups of four students working as a team, each team member will carry out part of the work and then integrating his/her results with team-mates. There will be a final report from each team that will be handed in for marks.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsHelmsdale_Field_trip,Interpretation, geophysics, exploration, geology,
Contacts
Course organiserDr Mark Wilkinson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5943
Email: Mark.Wilkinson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Emma Latto
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: emma.latto@ed.ac.uk
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