Undergraduate Course: Helmsdale 3rd Year Field Excursion and Interpretation Exercise (EASC09041)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Earth Science |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | To 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)
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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
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 27 |
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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
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | Helmsdale_Field_trip,Interpretation, geophysics, exploration, geology, |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Mark Wilkinson
Tel: (0131 6)50 5943
Email: Mark.Wilkinson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Emma Latto
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: emma.latto@ed.ac.uk |
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