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HU Credits:
1
Degree/Cycle:
2nd degree (Master)
Responsible Department:
Geology
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
English and Hebrew
Campus:
E. Safra
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof Amos Frumkin
Coordinator Office Hours:
Wednesday 12:00 room 303
Teaching Staff:
Prof Amos Frumkin
Course/Module description:
Geology and geomorphology of salt diapirs, with emphasis on Mt. Sedom
Course/Module aims:
Understand geologic processes specific to evaporites and salt diapirs
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Identify and describe features of evaporites and salt diapirs.
Discuss and suggest treating with environmental problems in evaporites and salt diapirs.
Deal with specific structures in saltrock and caprock
Attendance requirements(%):
100 fieldtrip
67% lectures
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
field trip + pre&post field trip lectures
Course/Module Content:
Lithology, stratigraphy, structure, surficial landforms and geomorphic features of salt. History of Dead Sea Rift lakes and their sediments. Salt tectonics, salt flow, caprock evolution,deformations, dissolution, tectonokarst, sinkholes.
Required Reading:
זק, י. 1988. הליתוסטרטיגרפיה והמבנה של מחדר מלח סדום. החברה הגאולוגית, כנס החברה הגאולוגית עין בוקק, מדריך סיורים, עמ' 158-200
http://www.igs.org.il/contact/ft/1988
Additional Reading Material:
Frumkin, A., 1996. Determining the exposure age of a Karst landscape. Quaternary Research 46, 99–106.
Frumkin, A, 2013. Salt Karst. in: Frumkin, A., volume ed., Shroder, J., ed. in chief, Treatise in Geomorphology, vol. 6, p. 208-424. San Diego, Elsevier, Academic Press.
Weinberger, R., Begin, Z.B., Waldmann, N., Gardosh, M., Baer, G., Frumkin, A., Wdowinski, S., 2006a. Quaternary rise of the Sedom Diapir, Dead Sea Basin, In:Enzel, Y., Agnon, A., Stein, M. (Eds.), New Frontiers in Dead Sea Paleoenvironmental Research. Geological Society of America, Special Paper, vol. 401, pp. 33–51 (Chapter 3).
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 %
Additional information:
Hard field conditions. Good physical condition is needed
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