Department of Marine Sciences

Applied Marine Geology

(1) General

School:	Of the Environment
Academic Unit:	Department of Marine Sciences
Level of studies:	Undergraduate
Course Code:	191ΘΔ35Ε	Semester:	F
Course Title:	Applied Marine Geology
Independent Teaching Activities		Weekly Teaching Hours	Credits
		Total credits	5
Course Type:	Skills development
Prerequisite Courses:	Marine Sedimentology and/or Marine Geology
Language of Instruction and Examinations:	Greek
Is the course offered to Erasmus students:	NO
Course Website (Url):	https://www.mar.aegean.gr/index.php?lang=en&lesson=1068&pg=3.1.1

(2) Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

After completing the course, the student should be able to assist in planning a survey for acquiring bathymetric data, shallow geophysical information and sediment cores, perform basic interpretation on the collected data (acoustic types and seismic sequences in seismic profiles, reflectivity types in sonographs) and present an initial geological interpretation in a report, where the bathymetry, morphology, shallow stratigraphy and the geological processes and potential geo-hazards of the study area will be described.

General Competences

Search for, analysis and synthesis of data and information, with the use of the necessary technology
Working independently
Team work
Adapting to new situations
Decision-making

(3) Syllabus

The lesson comprises of the following units:

Marine geophysical prospecting methods (multi-beam bathymetry, subbottom profiling, side scan sonar imagery, ROVs, AUVs, 3-D seismics, etc)
Methods for the analysis/interpretation of the marine geophysical data (recognition of acoustic types, seismic sequences and facies), for the discrimination and mapping of active marine environments and tectonic structures – Ground truthing methods (sediment coring and visual inspection)
Detection of coastal and marine geo-hazards (submarine mass movements, faults, gas in marine sediments and related morphological features, gas hydrates, erosional features like canyons and channels, current-induced bedforms, anomalous rocky relief, diapirs, etc)
Influence of geo-hazards, in coastal and marine installations
Ground-truthing methods and examples (sampling, ROVs)
Tutorials
Report after synthesis of bathymetric and geomorphological data - Geomorphological mapping

(4) Teaching and Learning Methods - Evaluation

Delivery:

Face to face

Use of Information and Communication Technology:

Use of ICT in teaching (PPT presentations)
Communication with students via e-mail and e-class platform
Uploading course material on e-class system.

Teaching Methods:

	Activity	Semester workload
	Lectures	39
	Seminars	12
	Tutorials	9
	Essay writing	25
	Independent study	37
	Final exam	3
	*Course total*	125

Student Performance Evaluation:

Evaluation of students takes place via written exams. The exam paper comprises multiple choices, short-answer questions and exercises. 70% of the final grade stems from the final written examination and 30% from student performance/essays on laboratory exercises.
Essay writing (prerequisite for participation at the exam).
In special cases, for students with disabilities, evaluation takes place via oral exams.
Language of evaluation: Greek.
The exam paper is accessible to the students for clarifications regarding the final grade.

(5) Attached Bibliography

Lesson notes and exercises (pdf files)
Ferentinos, 1985: Technical Oceanography, Publications of the University of Patras
Wille , 2005: Sound images of the ocean, Springer
Blondel and B. Murton, 1997: Handbook of seafloor sonar imagery, Wiley and Sons
Jones, 1999: Marine Geophysics, Wiley and Sons
Judd and M. Hovland, 2007: Seabed fluid flow, Cambridge University Press
Mienert and P. Weaver, 2003: European Margin Sediment Dynamics, Springer

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