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GEO-2003: Quaternary geology Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical and practical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
Normally third year. | Language of instruction
Norwegian | Examination semester
Autumn
| Contents
The course deals with processes, landforms and deposits associated with glaciers (glaciology, glacial geology), and with glaciation and associated environmental change (Quaternary history). The following themes are covered: climate change and ice-age theory, glacier formation and dynamics, erosional and depositional processes and forms associated with glacier ice and meltwater, Quaternary deposits, ice-age history and sea-level change. Practical exercises are given for identifying and interpreting Quaternary landforms and sediments. A 3-day excursion includes a visit to an active glacier margin (Steindalsbreen) and field study of landforms and deposits along a transect from a fjord to the inland plateau (Lyngen-Skibotndalen).
| Recommended previous qualifications
GEO-1001 Introduction to geology | Form of teaching
26 h lectures, 20 h exercises, 2 days field study. | Coursework requirements
Feltkurs
| Exam and assessment
A 4 h written exam will be arranged at the end of the semester. Admittance to examination requires approved course work and field report. Letter character (A-F).
| Date(s) of written examination
06.12.2007
The exam date is preliminary and may be subject to change. Definitive exam date will be announced on the notice boards at the faculties in the beginning of May for the spring semester and in the beginning of November for the autumn semester. | Contact person/lecturer
Stipendiat Anders Romundset, tlf: 77 64 62 06, e-post: anders.romundset@ig.uit.no | Recommended reading/syllabus
See link below | Course overlap
GEO-107 -1 6 sp
GEO-1002 -1 6 sp | Homepage
http://uit.no/geologi/geo-2003/
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Teaching autumn 2007
Foreleser: Anders Romundset
Første fremmøte: kl 12:15 mandag 27. august i undervisningsrom 3
Responsible teacher:F.aman. Stein Bondevik | | Forelesning | Teaching period:13.08.2007 to01.12.2007
Foreleser Anders Romundset
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Lærer Anders Romundset
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