EU Fieldwork internship

This course is primarily a practical training course in geological mapping, divided into two parts:

1 - A two-day pre-apprenticeship in the field in the northern Montpellier region. Introduction to field mapping methods (measurement, reporting) and structural and sedimentary section surveying in the St Martin de Londres basin. Students are supervised in the field in small groups of 10, using project-based teaching (additional work) and group teaching in the field (dialogue, interaction) led by a teacher who guides them in questioning, locating, and transferring cartographic data.

2 - Deepening learning through an 8-day immersion field trip in the Alps (Digne region). Using project-based and flipped teaching methods (alternating independent work with supervised days, i.e., small group rotation), students learn to map a region with high relief where the rocks are highly deformed, and field observation and spatial data are highly complementary. Total immersion in fieldwork allows for supervised work and monitoring of the student's daily work.

Hourly volumes:

CM: 2 hours (introduction to basic concepts)

Tutorial: 10 hours (3 hours of GIS, 7 hours of image analysis and section construction)

Fieldwork: 60 hours (12 hours in St Martin, 48 hours in Digne)

This course teaches students in Montpellier how to map, take measurements in the field, and transfer data to create a geological map. It aims to provide the fundamentals of observation and measurement in the field, which form the basis for any student pursuing a career in geosciences. This course also enables students to interpret and understand the large-scale geological structures commonly observed below the surface by integrating observations and measurements at different scales (samples, outcrops, landscape). Finally, it aims to put into practice the knowledge acquired throughout their bachelor's degree, particularly in cartography, sedimentology, tectonics, geomorphology, and field geology.

Field geological mapping and GIS at Level 2

Map analysis and construction of L2 level sections

Tectonics

Sedimentology

Recommended prerequisites:

Geology of France

Continuous assessment: 13 assessments in the form of constructed and corrected elements (spatial image interpretation, cross-sections, minutes, logs, etc.) during the course, ultimately enabling the construction of a geological map and its accompanying documents. An interpretative commentary on the map is required for the final assessment.

• Brief description of the concepts covered in CM:

2 hours of lessons:

- Focus on the work expected: documents to be submitted, reminder of the measurements to be taken, terminology of the objects to be represented, their meaning, representation conventions, chart of symbols and codes used for data reporting.

- Reminder about orthographic projection.

- Presentation of the regional geology of the two mapping sites.

• Brief description of tutorial sessions and number of hours associated with each session

3 hours of tutorials on framing map transfers using GIS,

7 hours of tutorials on supervising the construction of cross-sections and image analysis.

• Brief description of practical sessions and number of hours associated with each session

• Description of the topics/activities covered during your field trip(s) and details of the destinations/sites

St Martin de Londres basin, from Mas de Londres to La Jasse. Cartographic mapping, lithofacies, dip measurements, identification of structures, panoramic observation drawings, recording of data on the minute sheet (bench by bench) and in the notebook.

The sub-Alpine front in the Digne region, around the village of Esclangon. Cartographic mapping, lithofacies, dip measurements, identification of structures, panoramic observation drawings, data transfer to the minute (bench by bench) and notebook.

- Cartographic mapping,

- Identification of lithofacies, structural features, and unconformities in the field,

- Geological map construction: transfer of dip data, orthographic projection of formation boundaries, faults, folds, and unconformities.

- Transferring data to a geographic information system (QGIS)

- Structural cut construction,

- Sedimentary cut construction,

- Card commentary.