Undergraduate Course: Tectonic Geomorphology (EASC10021)
Course Outline
School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
Summary | 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. |
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Pre-requisites | None |
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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.
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Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Linda Kirstein
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Email: linda.kirstein@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Katie Leith
Tel: (0131 6)50 8510
Email: Katie.Leith@ed.ac.uk |
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