Study Programmes 2015-2016
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| Geology of Wallonia | ||||||||
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Duration :
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| 20h Th, 6d FW | ||||||||
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Number of credits :
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Lecturer :
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| Frédéric Boulvain | ||||||||
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language | ||||||||
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the second semester | ||||||||
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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
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| Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program | ||||||||
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Course contents :
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| 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. | ||||||||
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| Basic knowledge of the geology of Wallonia and identification of the different units on the field. | ||||||||
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Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
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| GEOL0018-1 Sédimentologie et pétrologie sédimentaire
or GEOL0006-3 Roches et processus sédimentaire |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Lectures and fieldtrips, each of them dedicated to an aspect of the geology of Wallonia, from Cambrian to Mesozoic. | ||||||||
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face. For details, see: http://www.ulg.ac.be/geolsed/page2.htm | ||||||||
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Recommended or required readings :
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| 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., 2015. Genèse du sous-sol de la Wallonie. Classe des Sciences, Académie royale de Belgique, 208 pp. |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Oral examination | ||||||||
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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Contacts :
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| F. Boulvain
Pétrologie sédimentaire, Bât. B20, 4000 Liège 1 (Sart Tilman)
Tél. : 04/366.22.52 - e-mail : fboulvain@ulg.ac.be
Secrétariat: Mme J. Schmetz, Tél. : 04/366.22.51 - e-mail: joelle.schmetz@ulg.ac.be
For more details, see http://www.ulg.ac.be/geolsed/page2.htm |
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Items online :
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 | Geology of Wallonia Formations, rocks and fossils of Wallonia. |
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