Integrating field

This fieldwork internship takes place at the beginning of our Master's program. It aims to characterize the succession of processes involved in the formation and subsequent dismantling of the Variscan orogen, through a thematic study of the Montagne Noire massif. Particular attention will be paid to (1) the study of sedimentary cover deformation and the geodynamic evolution of basins; (2) the analysis of ductile deformation and associated metamorphism in the deepest crustal levels; and (3) the study of late-orogenic basins. This teaching unit consists of three successive stages: the preparation phase based on the study of cartographic documents in the classroom, fieldwork and the writing of a report, and finally a critical study of the bibliography.

This field course has multiple objectives. It will involve:
(a) getting to know the new class of students arriving from different countries and different cultural and scientific backgrounds and promoting integration and class cohesion;
(b) assessing the general level of knowledge and identifying characteristics, personalities, affinities, gaps, etc. in order to better manage the class going forward;
(c) provide a general refresher course on basic field geology techniques, in particular: reading and interpreting topographic and geological maps, observing and describing outcrops, measuring structural geological features (planes, lineations, ...), reading landscapes, drawing outcrops and panoramas, cross-section surveys, log surveys in sedimentary series, etc.;
(d) provide a basic knowledge of regional geology that will serve as a foundation for much of the fieldwork that will be carried out during the two years of the Master's program;
(e) introduce the concepts of scale changes in geology (from minerals to tectonic plates) and demonstrate the importance of multidisciplinary data integration.

Tectonics and structural geology at bachelor's level
Geological mapping at bachelor's level
Field geology techniques at bachelor's level
Sedimentology and sedimentary petrology at bachelor's level
Magmatic and metamorphic petrology at bachelor's level

100% CCI: 1 TD structural and log diagram (10%); a field report (75%); a critical bibliographic study (15%)

Integration and upgrading
Reconstruction of the structural framework and regional chronostratigraphic sequence
Study of cover deformation and geodynamic evolution of basins
Ductile tectono-metamorphic analysis
Study of late-orogenic basins
Bibliographic analysis and critical synthesis