Undergraduate Course: Tectonic Geomorphology (EASC10021)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Earth Science |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course looks at the complex interaction between tectonic uplift, climate and surface processes to understand the shape of the landscape. The series of lectures is planned to include growth of mountain belts, exhumation processes on variable timescales and using the detrital record to unravel orogenesis. The course will include an introduction to dating techniques that span low temperature thermochronology (fission-track and U-Th/He dating) and cosmogenic nuclide analyses. Throughout, concepts will be integrated with examples from the literature and a discussion on the relative merits of different approaches to evaluating landscape evolution. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
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Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | Room 3, Crew Annex | 1-11 | | 14:00 - 15:50 | | | |
| First Class |
Week 1, Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:50, Zone: King's Buildings. Room 3, Crew Annex |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| The student will gain a detailed understanding of the processes that shape the landscape. In particular how multi-disciplinary approaches (data collection, geochemical analyses, numerical modelling) can be integrated and applied to address controversial questions in tectonic geomorphology. They will have a critical understanding of these approaches and will be able to interpret and evaluate a range of numerical and graphical data. Students will integrate concepts with examples and recent developments in order to critically identify complex problems and practise making judgements where information comes from a range of sources. Their ability to critically review and consolidate thinking in a topic will be assessed in the essay assessment. |
Assessment Information
| 50% presentation; 50% essay |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Linda Kirstein
Tel:
Email: linda.kirstein@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Emma Latto
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: emma.latto@ed.ac.uk |
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