NIGK19004U Marine Geoscience

Volume 2019/2020
Content

Marine Geoscience is the integration of the disciplines of physical geography, geomorphology, geology, geophysics and geobiochemistry. By applying a theoretical and practical approach, students will examine sedimentary and depositional transport processes and morphodynamics in shallow marine and near-coastal waters and formation of resulting submarine landforms. An important element of this interdisciplinary course is ship-based marine geoscientific field studies where students try basic as well as more advanced instrumentation, field measurements and data processing techniques.

Learning Outcome

Knowledge

Marine geomorphology, marine stratigraphy, marine and nearshore depositional environments, stratigraphy and architecture of marine landforms, marine and nearshore geomicrobiology, dynamic measurements of water coulmn properties, marine and coastal sediment coring and surface sampeling techniques, shallow seismic techeniques and sub-bottom imaging, echo sounder measurements, data processing techniques.

Ability to assess issues related to the management of marine arears as well being trained in the ability to analyse specific problems and scientific relations related to dynamics, sedimentary environments, bottom morphology and stratigraphy in the marine environment.

Skills

- use research equipment such as seismic devices, eco-sounders, ADCPs, current meters and sediment sample and coring techniques etc. commonly applied in marine geoscience studies.

- apply basic and advanced data processing techniques for simple analysis of dynamic data.

- evaluate strength and weaknesses of different marine geoscientific techniques and their related uncertainties.

Competences

The course is focused on giving the student an overall ability to collect marine geoscience data, be able to sort, ennoble and evaluate the data into a final result, and use this for drawing meaningful conclusions related to dynamics, sedimentary environments, bottom morphology and stratigraphy in marine environments. 

Please see the Absalon course page.

BSc in Geography and Geoinformatics, Geology-Geoscience or equivalent is recommended.
Lectures, individual and group exercises, field studies, and report writing. It is an intensive 6-days course taking place as a summer-school course. The students are expected to be familiar with the theoretical parts before the field-based part of the course. Preparing for the course and report writing corresponds to a workload of 134 hours. During the field course, the average of 12 hours/day of teaching and practical work is expected.
A maximum of 10 students can be enrolled in the course. The course is designed to student following the specielisation in Physical Geography at the the Geography and Geoinformatic MSc Programme and relevant specielisations at the Geology-Geoscience MSc Programme.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Field Work
  • 72
  • Preparation
  • 134
  • Total
  • 206
Individual
Continuous feedback during the course of the semester
Feedback by final exam (In addition to the grade)

After the marks (passed or not passed) have been given, the students are encouraged to contact the course teachers and get a more thorough individual assessment.  

Credit
7,5 ECTS
Type of assessment
Written assignment, Written assignment to be handed in in week 34 in Digital Exam.
Course participation under invigilation
Written assignment – deadline for submission August 17 in Digital Exam.Course participation under invigilation.
Exam registration requirements

Approved participation in the fieldwork. If the student does not take part in the fieldwork, the student cannot take part in the exam or re-exam and will have to re-take the course on next occasion.

Aid
All aids allowed
Marking scale
passed/not passed
Censorship form
No external censorship
Several internal examiners.
Re-exam

If the exam registration requirement have not been fulfilled students must retake the course.

Re-examination is identical to the ordinary examination. A revised written assignment must be handed in in the re-exam week.

Criteria for exam assesment

Please see learning outcomes.