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Identification of Rocks

Lecturers: Gesine Mollenhauer, Cornelia Spiegel-Behnke, Thomas Westerhold

Content:

In this excercise, participants will be introduced to the priciples of identification of minerals and rocks. In a hands-on training, the students will learn not only to identify rocks, but also to recognize and read the general processes and environments that were associated with the formation of the rock. While this course focuses on the practical excercises, the theoretical background is provided as part of the associated lecture series "Earth Dynamics"


Competences:

Successful participants will be able to identify most rock-forming minerals and to classify the most common rock types. They will gain a basic understanding of geological processes leading to the formation of different types of rock.



Assessment:

Oral exam

Exam Form:

colloquium

Digital teaching:

Supportive digital teaching material available


Contents:

1st SWS: Minerals and mineral identification
2nd SWS: Plutonic rocks
3rd SWS: Volcanic rocks
4th SWS: Clastic sediments
5th SWS: Carbonates
6th SWS: Silicic and organic sediments
7th SWS: Chemical sediments
8th SWS: Summary - all sediments
9th SWS: Metamorphic minerals
10th SWS: Metamorphic rocks
11th SWS: Training - all rocks
12th SWS: Training - all rocks
13th SWS: Training - all rocks
14th SWS: exam


Teaching Aids:

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Basic Data
VAK-Number

05-BMG-EE1-a2


Study Program

Bachelor Marine Geosciences


Module Name

Introduction to Earth Dynamics


Course Type

Exercise (E)


First Year of Study

2 CP

2 SWS

Winter Term


Course Language

German and English


Contact Person
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Organic Sedimentology

Prof. Dr. Gesine Mollenhauer

AWI R

Phone: +49 471 4831 - 2456

gesine.mollenhauer@awi.de

Organic Sedimentology

Prof. Dr. Gesine Mollenhauer

AWI R

Phone: +49 471 4831 - 2456

gesine.mollenhauer@awi.de
Lecturer

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Prof. Dr. Cornelia Spiegel-Behnke

GEO 3580

Phone: +49 421 218 - 65280

cornelia.spiegel@uni-bremen.de

Prof. Dr. Cornelia Spiegel-Behnke

GEO 3580

Phone: +49 421 218 - 65280

cornelia.spiegel@uni-bremen.de
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Prof. Dr. Gesine Mollenhauer

AWI

Phone: +49 471 4831 - 2456

gesine.mollenhauer@awi.de

Prof. Dr. Gesine Mollenhauer

AWI

Phone: +49 471 4831 - 2456

gesine.mollenhauer@awi.de
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Dr. Thomas Westerhold

MARUM1 0220

Phone: +49 421 218 - 65672

twesterhold@marum.de

Dr. Thomas Westerhold

MARUM1 0220

Phone: +49 421 218 - 65672

twesterhold@marum.de
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