GEO4014 – Basin Analysis Seminar and Field Course
Course description
Course content
This course is centred on how to systematically understand the characteristics of a basin from a structural and stratigraphic perspective. The geological history and development of a basin will be studied through a literature review and discussions through seminars and lectures. ?
The course culminates in a field course where principles of the prerequisite courses will be demonstrated with real-life examples. The participants will collect, analyze, and present their own data and discuss the context in which it can be understood and applied.?
Learning outcome
After completing the course, you will be able to?
assimilate and present published material from a specific basin, both thematically and case-study-oriented?
collect and analyse structural and stratigraphic outcrop data?
organise and present your own field data, and place them in a broader context
Proficiency targets: By the end of the course, you will be able to?
conduct a literature review with the goal to prepare yourself for fieldwork in an area?
write and present a scientific review of a structurally controlled sedimentary basin?
construct and deliver a scientific presentation?
collect a suite of geologic data across multiple scales for systematic analysis?
construct and combine visualisations of geologic data (structural and sedimentologic) for presentation?
Admission to the course
Students admitted at UiO must?apply for courses?in Studentweb.?
The course is restricted to students admitted to one of the following master's programmes / programme options:?
GEO4014 has a total capacity of 12 students. Applicants are ranked after the following two categories:?
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Master's students in Geosciences admitted to the following programme option:
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Other master's students in one of the following:
Applicants will be ranked within each category; all applicants within category 1 are ranked before applicants in category 2. If there are space limitations in the course, available places will be awarded to students selected randomly.?
Formal prerequisite knowledge
GEO4850 – Basin Tectonics and Structures / GEO4216 – Sedimentologi og sekvensstratigrafi?/ GEO4218 – Basin Formation and Development (discontinued), or similar requisite knowledge
or:?
GEO4230 – Basin formation and sequence stratigraphy (discontinued) and GEO4220 – Depositional environments and biostratigraphy (discontinued), or equal knowledge
These requirements are absolute and can not be waived for students with 120 ECTS or more, ref. "The examination rules for the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Point 2.1 Required prerequisite knowledge".
The course includes a compulsory field course and excursions. A health-and-safety course for safety in the field must be passed before you can go on these:
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with GEO4010 – Introduction to a master study in geosciences (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with GEO4011 – Field Course in Basin Analysis (discontinued).
- 5 credits overlap with GEO4013 – Field excursion in Physical Geography and Hydrology (discontinued).
Teaching
A seminar followed by a literature review early in the semester is followed by the submission of a written assignment and an oral presentation themed according to a pre-determined sub-topic relevant to the target basin.??
The course will culminate in an obligatory field trip of up to 2 weeks with accommodation, where principles of the prerequisite courses will be demonstrated with real-life examples, and the participants will collect, analyze, and present their own data and discuss the context in which it can be understood and applied.
From the field trip, an individual written report / field book shall be submitted that counts towards the final grade.?
Attendance at the first lecture is compulsory. Students who fail to meet are considered to have withdrawn from the course unless they have previously given notice to the course responsible.
We reserve the right to change the teaching?form and examination of the course in semesters where 5 or fewer students have been admitted.
As the teaching involves laboratory and/or fieldwork, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance. Read about your insurance coverage as a student.
Cost of taking the course
Participation in the excursion is mandatory. The excursion has a fee of NOK 150 per night.
Examination
Attendance at the field trip, compulsory seminars, submission of written assignments, and a paper presentation must be approved prior to the oral examination.
The oral presentation followed by a discussion counts c.?50% towards the final grade.
A written report/field book after the field course counts c. 50% towards the final grade.?
- Both the oral presentation followed by a discussion and the written report / field book must be passed separately in order to pass the course.
When writing your exercises make sure to familiarize yourself with the rules for using sources and citations. Breach of these rules may lead to suspicion of attempted cheating.
It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you?withdraw from the exam?after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
It will also be counted as 1 of the 3 attempts to sit the exam for this course if you sit the exam for the following course:
Examination support material
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about?the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are?offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.
Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass, the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- How to use AI as a student
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.