- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Appointments with sedimentology 1300-WSSD-OG
The course consists of practical classes (5 meetings, 6 hours each) that take place in consecutive Saturdays in the spring period (April-May). The meetings are both stationary (3 meetings - practice and theory) and field (2 meetings in Vistula valley in Warsaw and its proximity) classes.
Meeting 1. Presentation: sedimentology as a science, sedimentary environments in geological record. Fluvial environment, river flow, sediment transport. Sedimentary lab: model of straight river, river flow, sediment transport, regression and transgression, change of sea level, global warming. Practice: rock samples, sedimentary structures, direction of transport.
Meeting 2. Presentation: Marine clastic sedimentation in shallow and deep environment (turbidity currents). Sedimentary lab: model of meandering river phases of transport, bedforms, erosional and depositional forms. Practice: rock samples, sedimentary structures, hieroglyphs and ichnofossils, direction of transport.
Meeting 3. Presentation: Shallow water carbonates and evaporates. Shorezone and its division (zonation), wave activity, erosional and depositional processes. Sedimentary lab: model of shorezone, erosional and depositional forms processes in wave activity conditions, changes of shoreline during regresion and transgression. Practice: rock samples (carbonates – limestones, dolomites, marls, evaporites – gypsum, salts).
Meeting 4. Field classes, Wyspy Zawadowskie, erosional and depositional processes in river channel, sedimentary structures, measurement, environmental isuues.
Meeting 5. Field classes, Ławice Kiełpińskie, erosional and depositional processes in river channel, sedimentary structures, measurement, environmental isuues (sewage treatment, bird protection).
Meeting 1 is first in a row, the succession of the remaining depends on the weather conditio (meetings 4 and 5 must be conducted in the field).
Type of course
Learning outcomes
1. Knowledge of:
- causes of increased erosion and/or accumultion in river valleys
- causes of changes of shreline, changes of sea-level
- history and causes af geographic changes in Middle Vistula valley
- relations between sedimentary processes and creation sand bars inhabited by specyphic groups of wild birds
- natural processes causing changes of river profiles
- basic relations between sedimentary processes and forms in river channels
- the influence of natural and anthropogenic agents on river profile and evolution of marine and oceanic shorezones
2. Abilities:
- localization in field and on maps
- reading of topographic maps
- documentation of field observations (sketches, photos, notes)
- desription of lithology and sedimentary structures of modern and fossil deposits and rock samples
- measurements of transport direction
- sampling
- brief reports on field observations
3. Social competences:
- ability to work in group, division of work during firld and stationary classes
- responsibility for safety (both for self and other persons)
- responsibility for and cognisant protection of environment
Assessment criteria
Presence at classes is crucial. One absence is allowed. Potential complex cases may be solved separately.
Activity during classes.
Short report on field classes. Raport should be substantively correct and contain valuable additional material (images, photos, diagrams, etc.).
The final grade is mean of grades for activity and field reports.
Practical placement
None.
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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