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GEO-8124: Polar Marine Sedimentary Environments Work Load
5 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
For PhD students. | Language of instruction
English | Examination semester
Autumn, Spring
| Contents
The course focuses on polar marine sedimentary environments elucidated by various methods both from the modern environment and from the past. Case stories will be selected from the Nordic seas and Polar Ocean including their continental margins and fjords. By means for various types of acoustic- lithologic, paleontologic and chronologic data, different polar sedimentary environments and processes will be demonstrated and discussed. Differences and similarities between various glaciomarine environments will be elucidated.
| Form of teaching
40 h lectures/exercises. | Exam and assessment
Written home essay. Letter grades (A-F). | Contact person/lecturer
adminstration: Stig Arne Holtedahl, tel: 77 64 44 65, e-mail: stig.holtedahl@ig.uit.no
scientific responsible: Morten Hald, tel: 77 64 44 12, e-mail: morten.hald@ig.uit.no
| Recommended reading/syllabus
Available on request | Course overlap
GEO-3124 -1 5 sp | Homepage
http://uit.no/geologi/
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