Level of Education
4-year college degree
ECTS
3 credits
Training Structure
College of Sciences
Description
Case study of the Montpellier thrust fault, southwest of St. Paul-et-Valmalle: Mas d’Arnaud – Mas de Fabre – Le Castellas.
Structural geology, conventional and digital field mapping, facies sedimentology, GIS, detailed geological map.
Objectives
- Reinforcing knowledge of geological mapping in the field
- Training in the use of a tablet in the field for positioning and collecting geological measurements (dip & GPS points → FieldMove Clino, IGN map, satellite imagery)
- Training in digital geological mapping = digitization + data integration (field data/aerial and satellite imagery) into a GIS to create a detailed digital geological map + associated database.
Mandatory Prerequisites
Course on tectonics (L3 level), course on sedimentary dynamics (M1 level), introduction to geological mapping (L3 level).
Knowledge Assessment
Comprehensive ongoing monitoring.
Course Outline
- 3 supervised field days (introduction to the study area and characteristic landforms)
- 2 three-hour lab sessions for GIS training (QGIS): one before the supervised fieldwork, the other before the final field trip.
- Additional fieldwork conducted independently by students and work in the computer lab
- Digital field tool: 1 iPad mini per pair.