Module Identifier

EA21700

Module Title

FIELDWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCE

Academic Year

2008/2009

Co-ordinator

Professor Alex Maltman

Semester

Semester 1

Pre-Requisite

Only available to 2nd year Environmental Earth Science students

Other Staff

Course Delivery

Delivery Type	Delivery length / details
Seminars / Tutorials	10 in-term tutorials
Practical	Practicals / Field Days. At least 12 days fieldwork

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment length / details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	Tutorials.	20%
Semester Assessment	Easter Field Course	50%
Semester Assessment	(Geochemical techniques mark is subsumed into EA22310/EA22410) Sedimentological Mapping Techniques	15%
Semester Assessment	Geological Mapping Techniques	15%
Supplementary Assessment	Failed work can be resubmitted, but not if the failure is due to unauthorized absence from the course or to work not being handed in.	100%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module students should be able to:

demonstrate technical proficiency in the operation of field instruments

demonstrate proficiency in field, graphical, sampling and geophysical methods

classify major rock types

construct a basic geological map

appreciate the logistics involved in undertaking different types of fieldwork operations

demonstrate an ability to analyse data and present results of original field measurements in a technically-sound report

demonstrate proficiency in oral communication skills

Aims

On completion of this module, students should have acquired greater expertise in the basic field and communication skills introduced in the first-year course, together with additional skills such as field, graphical, sampling, and geophysical methods, the production of geological maps, and a greater breadth of field experience.

Brief description

This module centres on two field courses: one normally held during the September preceding 2nd year studies, and emphasising field techniques, the other held during the Easter vacation, and aimed at broadening the student's experience of field-based issues relevant to the Environmental Earth Science course. The module includes tutorial classes, and other meetings ancillary to the fieldwork.

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 5