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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Geology
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
E. Safra
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof Amos Frumkin
Coordinator Office Hours:
נBY APPOINTMENT
Teaching Staff:
Prof Amos Frumkin
Course/Module description:
Karst processes, terrains and environmental problems. Theoretic and field understanding.
Course/Module aims:
Understand and function in karst terrain and its problems
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
define, describe and analyze a tarst terrain and its hydrogeologic problems.
Evaluate environmental karst problems and suggest solutions
Attendance requirements(%):
80
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lectures, field trips and field lectures. Hard field conditions
Course/Module Content:
Karst processes and terrains in variousmorpho-climatic environments. Drainage in karst, landforms evolution, denudation rates, environmental issues, includung pollution, construction and dams in karst.
Required Reading:
selected chapters from:
Shroder J.F. (ed. in chief), Frumkin, A., (vol. ed.), 2013, Karst Geomorphology, Volume 6, in: Treatise on Geomorphology, San Diego, Academic Press,
http://hufind.huji.ac.il
Additional Reading Material:
www.karstportal.org
www.speleogenesis.info
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 100 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Assignments car raise final grade
Additional information:
Participant should be in good physical condition. Field equipment: torch, walking shoes, clothes for water & mud, food, water, maps of field trip area
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