General information
| Course name | Project seminar: Wahlmodul 1: Advanced sedimentology field trip to the Spanish Pyrenees (12 Tage) |
| Course number | GEO.07408 |
| Semester | WiSe 2024/25 |
| Current number of participants | 15 |
| Home institute | Sedimentäre Systeme und Ressourcen |
| Courses type | Project seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen |
| Type/Form | Field trip |
| Participants |
This 12-day-long field trip is conducted in the Spanish Pyrenees, in the Ainsa-Tremp-Graus basins and their Eocene successions. These successions show a wide range of clastic sedimentary rocks ranging from terrestrial to shallow marine to deep water, including fluvial systems, tidal deposits, deltaic deposits and turbidite systems. The field trip has a focus on sedimentology and 3D outcrop modelling and how these can be used for reconstructing paleoenvironments. In addition, large-scale observations allow to discuss concepts of structural geology and basin dynamics. The estimated cost per student is approx. €400-500 (for accommodations, car rental, airfare to Barcelona and food). |
| Pre-requisites | The fieldtrip is aimed at MSc students in Applied Geosciences who have previosuly completed a course on basic sedimentology. The participants will learn a combination of traditional sedimentological (e.g. facies analysis, logging, mapping) and 3D modelling (e.g. drone, laser scanner) field techniques. |
| Learning organisation |
The students will learn how to: 1) independently study an outcrop from the sedimentological point of view; 2) recognize sedimentary structures, trace fossils and other sedimentological features; 3) use a laser scanner and a drone to make 3D outcrop models; 4) interpret the data to identify different paleoenvironments; 5) understand spatiotemporal variations in sedimentary processes across the basins. |
| Performance record |
The students will be evaluated with exercises in the field (50%) and a small report based on the field acquisitions (e.g. drone photos and laser scans) (50%). Form of examination: field trip report |
| Lehrsprache(n) | Deutsch |
| Studiengänge (für) | M. Sc. Angewandte Geowissenschaften |
| SWS | 6 |
| ECTS points | 5 |
