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Field course of sedimentary-rock petrology in the Sudety Mts.

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Course ID: 1300-WSPPSO
Erasmus code / ISCED: 07.304 The subject classification code consists of three to five digits, where the first three represent the classification of the discipline according to the Discipline code list applicable to the Socrates/Erasmus program, the fourth (usually 0) - possible further specification of discipline information, the fifth - the degree of subject determined based on the year of study for which the subject is intended. / (0532) Earth science The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Field course of sedimentary-rock petrology in the Sudety Mts.
Name in Polish: Sudeckie praktikum terenowe z petrologii skał osadowych
Organizational unit: Faculty of Geology
Course groups: (in Polish) Przedmiot sugerowany do wyboru na I roku studiów II st. GEP na specjalizacji Gmpgz
(in Polish) Przedmiot sugerowany do wyboru na III sem. stud. II st. GES na spec. Gospodarka surowcami miner.
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 2.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: Polish
Type of course:

elective courses
Prerequisites (description):

The following knowledge and skills are necessary to participate in the field course:

- knowledge of regional and historical geology of the Lower Silesian Block,

- free recognition of handheld specimens of minerals and rocks,

- knowledge of the petrographic classifications of sedimentary and pyroclastic rocks,

- free handling of terms used in petrology of sedimentary rocks,

- interpretation of the sedimentary rock depositional environment based on textural features, lithology or basic sedimentary structures,

- fieldwork skills.
Short description:

The field course teaches about the history and geological setting of the Central Sudetes. Students will learn about the lithology of non-metamorphosed succession of sedimentary rocks, which is a record of the Paleozoic and Mesozoic evolution of the Sudetes area.
Full description:

During the five-day field course, students will learn about a series of rock formations - above all sedimentary, but also pyroclastic and volcanic. Field observations are conducted in the area of the Central Sudetes, where the sedimentary successions occur above the crystalline units formed in the course of the Variscan orogeny. Active participation in the field course is a unique opportunity to trace the synorogeneous and postorogeneous history of the Polish part of the Sudetes recorded in the sedimentary rocks. Field studies take place in the area of the Bardo Structural Unit, the Intra-Sudetic Basin (including the Stołowe Mountains) and within the upper Nysa Kłodzka graben.

The course covers a number of issues concerning, in particular:

- Paleozoic sedimentation in the Bardo basin,

- Carboniferous-Permian molasse succession in the Intra-Sudetic Basin (including volcanogenic and coal-bearing deposits),

- lithostratigraphical profile of Cretaceous sediments and the development of the Stołowe Mountains geomorphology,

- tectonics and the sedimentary fill of the upper Nysa Kłodzka graben.

The field course is a perfect complementation to the knowledge about the history and geological structure of the Lower Silesian Block, acquired during lectures, classes or field courses conducted by the Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology.
Bibliography: (in Polish)

Awdankiewicz M. 1999a. Volcanism in a late Variscan intramontane trough: Carboniferous and Permian volcanic centres of the Intra-Sudetic Basin, SW Poland. Geologia Sudetica, 32 (1), 13-47

Awdankiewicz M. 1999b. Volcanism in a late Variscan intramontane trough: the petrology and geochemistry of the Carboniferous and Permian volcanic rocks of the Intra-Sudetic Basin, SW Poland. Geologia Sudetica, 32 (2), 83-111

Awdankiewicz M., Kurowski L., Mastalerz K., Raczyński P. 2003. The Intra-Sudetic Basin – a record of sedimentary and volcanic processes in late – to post-orogenic tectonic setting. Geolines, 16, 165-183

Badura J., Rauch M. 2014. Tectonics of the Upper Nysa Kłodzka Graben, the Sudetes. Geologia Sudetica, 42, 137-148

Badura J., Rauch M. 2014. The CETeG 2014 excursion to the Upper Nysa Kłodzka Graben, the Sudetes: morphotectonics and tectonics. Geologia Sudetica, 42, 161-166

Blecha M., Burliga S., Lojka R., Martinek K., Wojewoda J. 2008. Osady permskie basenu śródsudeckiego. W: J. Wojewoda (red.), Baseny Śródgórskie: Kontekst Regionalny Środowisk i Procesów Sedymentacji. 3 Polska Konferencja Sedymentologiczna (POKOS 3), 15-21.09.2008, Kudowa Zdrój. Materiały Konferencyjne, wycieczka B. WIND, Wrocław, 61-83

Borzęcki R., Marek A. 2013. Geoturystyczne walory hałdy dawnej kopalni węgla „Nowa Ruda”. W: Zagożdżon P.P., Madziarz M. (red.), Dzieje Górnictwa – Element Europejskiego Dziedzictwa Kultury. Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej, Wrocław, t. 5, 15-25

Bossowski A., Ihnatowicz A. 1994. Palaeogeography of the Upper Carboniferous coal-bearing deposits in NE part of the Intra-Sudetic Depression. Geological Quarterly, 38 (2), 231-248

Chrząstek A. 2012. Palaeontology of the Middle Turonian limestones of the Nysa Kłodzka Graben (Sudetes, SW Poland): biostratigraphical and palaeogeographical implications. Geologos, 18 (2), 83-109

Don J., Gotowała R. 2008. Tectonic evolution of the late Cretaceous Nysa Kłodzka Graben, Sudetes, SW Poland. Geologia Sudetica, 40, 51-63

Jerzykiewicz T., Wojewoda J. 1986. The Rardków and Szczeliniec sandstones: An example of gigant foresets on a tectonically controlled shelf of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin (Central Europe). W: R.J. Knight, J.R. McLean (red.), Shelf Sands and Sandstones. Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 11, 1-15

Kryza R., Muszer J., August C., Haydukiewicz J., Jurasik M. 2008. Lower Carboniferous bentonites in the Bardo Structural Unit (central Sudetes): geological context, petrology and palaeotectonic setting. Geologia Sudetica, 40, 19-31

Kryza R., Muszer J., Haydukiewicz J., August C., Jurasik M., Rodionov N. 2011. A SIMS zircon age for a biostratigraphically dated Upper Visean (Asbian) bentonite in the Central-European Variscides (Bardo Unit, Polish Sudetes). International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geologische Rundschau), 100, 1227–1235

Wajsprych B. 1995. The Bardo Mts. Rock Complex: the Famennian-Lower Carboniferous preflysch (platform)-to-flysch (foreland) basin succession, the Sudetes. W: Transition of the Early Carboniferous Pelagic Sedimentation into Synorogenic Flysch. XIII International Congress on Carboniferous-Permian, Kraków, August 28 – September 2, 1995. Guide to Excursion B2, 23-42

Wajsprych B., Mastalerz K., Porębski S., Wojewoda J. 1997. Paleogeologia późnego dewonu i wczesnego karbonu na obszarze Sudetów Środkowych. W: Obszary Źródłowe: Zapis w Osadach. Wojewoda J. (red.). VI Krajowe Spotkanie Sedymentologów, Lewin Kłodzki, 26-28 września 1997 r. Wycieczka 1, 76-97

Wojewoda J. 1997. Upper Cretaceous litoral-to-shelf succession in the Intrasudetic Basin and Nysa Trough, Sudety Mountains. W: J. Wojewoda (red.), Obszary źródłowe: Zapis w osadach. WIND, Wrocław, t. 1, 81-96

Wojewoda J., Białek D., Bucha M., Gałuszyński A. Gotowała R., Krawczewski J., Schutty B. 2011. Geologia Parku Narodowego Gór Stołowych – wybrane zagadnienia (Geology of the Góry Stolowe National Park - selected issues). W: T. Chodak, C. Kabała, J. Kaszubkiewicz, P. Migoń, J. Wojewoda (red.), Geoekologiczne Warunki Środowiska Przyrodniczego Parku Narodowego Gór Stołowych. WIND, Wrocław, 53-96

Żołyński L. 1997. Sekwencja allodapiczna w północno-zachodniej części struktury bardzkiej – analiza litostratygraficzno-facjalna. Przegląd Geologiczny, 45 (8), 826-830
Learning outcomes:

After the field course the student:

- knows the lithology of sedimentary rocks from the Central Sudety Mts. and can define their depositional environment,

- can relate the variability of the observed facies to regional events,

- knows the lithology of volcanic and pyroclastic rocks building the Intra-Sudetic Basin and is able to define their genesis,

- can describe the geological history of the units seen during the course,

- is able to compare the facies and the sedimentary environments of sedimentary rocks from the Sudety Mts. with other formations of the same age from different regions of Poland,

- can define the practical applications of rocks studied during the course,

- improves the skill of conducting geological field work and planning more detailed geological surveys.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

To complete the field course the student is obliged to create a documentary sheet of a selected geological site, based on field observations and available literature. The students activity during the field course is also assessed.
Internships:

none

Classes in period "Summer semester 2024/25" (past)

Time span: 2025-02-17 - 2025-06-08
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Type of class:
Field course, 30 hours, 10 places more information
Coordinators: Beata Marciniak-Maliszewska
Group instructors: Sławomir Ilnicki, Beata Marciniak-Maliszewska
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