Undergraduate Catalogue of Courses 2012/2013
CENTRE FOR LIFELONG LEARNING - SCIENCE
KL 107Z / KL 197Z
THE DYNAMIC PLANET
CREDIT POINTS 15
Course Co-ordinator: Dr Sally Middleton
Pre-requisite(s): None
Co-requisite(s): None
Note(s): This course is available in both the first half session and through the Summer
The geological timescale
Relative dating and Uniformitarianism
Sedimentary deposits and way up
Sequence deposits and way up
Sequence and bio-stratigraphy
Palaeontology
Geohazards
Absolute dating
Topography
The interior of the Earth
P and S waves
Plate tectonics and the Wilson cycle
This course will be delivered independently through MyAberdeen.
1st Attempt: 100% continuous assessment (continuous assessment (50%)and end of course assessment (50%)).
Resit: 1 paper equivalent to end of course assessment (100%).

