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1. Appreciation of the stages of basin development, their structural and sedimentological character and their stratigraphic record.
2. Techniques for analysis of sedimentary characteristics to infer depositional environments and paleogeographical settings.
3. Techniques for analysis of faults and folds including kinematic indicators to infer structural evolution.
4. Consolidate a range of geological field-skills (logging, mapping, structural analysis).
5. Integration of outcrop and subsurface observations.
The specific itinerary changes year-on-year to accommodate tides and logistical arrangements, but will involve visits to most of the following localities:
Field Area 1. The metamorphic rocks on the South Devon Coast: Salcombe North Sands; Hope Cove; Thurlestone Sands.
Field Area 2. Folded and faulted Carboniferous sedimentary rocks on The North Cornwall and North Devon Coasts: Westward Ho!; Hartland Quay; Northcott Mouth; Upton.
Field Area 3. The Basement / Basin unconformity at outcrops around the Severn Estuary: Aust Cliff; Royal Inn; Kilkenny Bay; Portishead Point.
Field Area 4. Continental Permo-Triassic sandstones around Exmouth: Dawlish; Budleigh Salterton; Ladram Bay.
Field Area 5. Triassic – Jurassic deposits, and basin extension and inversion structures on the the North Somerset Coast: St Audrie’s Bay; East Kilve; Lilstock; West Kilve; Beacon Hill; West of Watchet harbour; Blue Anchor Fault.
Field Area 6. Jurassic to Tertiary sedimentary rocks and evidence of Tertiary inversion on the Dorset Coast: Eype; Hive Beach; Osmington Mills; Kimmeridge Bay; Lulworth Cove; Studland Bay; Wytch Farm viewpoint.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Laboratories | 5 |
Field Trip/External Visits | 65 |
Specified Learning Activities | 10 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 20 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Fieldwork: Material worked up before or during the fieldtrip (e.g. notebooks, logs, maps, cross-sections, annotated photos), engagement, and a short viva-voce exam. | Unspecified | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | Yes | 100 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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Repeat (CFP) | Within Three Semesters |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
Progress and technical issues are discussed regularly with the students while in the field. Evening sessions are for consolidating work and feedback on progress of both group or individual work carried out that day is provided. The post field-trip viva is also used for providing feedback performance.
Name | Role |
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Dr Lawrence Amy | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |