University of Liege | Version française
Academic year 2014-2015Value date : 12/05/2015
GEOL0284-1  Geology of Wallonia

Duration :  20h Th, 6d FW
Number of credits :  
Master in Geological and Mining Engineering, research focus, 1st year3
Master in Geological and Mining Engineering, specialized approach, 1st year3
Bachelor in geological sciences, 3rd year5
Lecturer :  Frédéric Boulvain
Language(s) of instruction :  
French language
Organisation and examination :  
Teaching in the second semester
Course contents :  
Fieldtrips, dedicated to the different aspects of the geology of Wallonia are introduced by lectures, giving a general canvas (global changes, orogenic cycles, plate tectonics) to the lithostratigraphic units seen on the field.
Learning outcomes of the course :  
Basic knowledge of the geology of Wallonia and identification of the different units on the field.
Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :  
GEOL0018-1  Sédimentologie et pétrologie sédimentaire
or
GEOL0006-3 Roches et processus sédimentaire
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :  
Lectures and fieldtrips, each of them dedicated to an aspect of the geology of Wallonia, from Cambrian to Mesozoic.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :  
Face-to-face. For details, see: http://www.ulg.ac.be/geolsed/page2.htm
Recommended or required readings :  
The slides will be available on My ULg after each lecture.
Online lecture notes : Une introduction à la géologie de la Wallonie": http://www.ulg.ac.be/geolwal/geolwal.htm

Textbook : BOULVAIN, F. & PINGOT, J-L., 2012. Genèse du sous-sol de la Wallonie. Classe des Sciences, Académie royale de Belgique, 190 pp.
Assessment methods and criteria :  
Oral examination
Work placement(s) :  
Organizational remarks :  
Contacts :  
F. Boulvain
Pétrologie sédimentaire, Bât. B20, 4000 Liège 1 (Sart Tilman)
Tél. : 04/366.22.52 - e-mail : fboulvain@ulg.ac.be
Secrétariat : Mme M. Guadagnano, Tél. : 04/366.53.23 - e-mail : M.Guadagnano@ulg.ac.be For more details, see http://www.ulg.ac.be/geolsed/page2.htm

Items online :  
Geology of Wallonia
Formations, rocks and fossils of Wallonia.



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