Details

Faculty	Faculty of Science and Medicine
Domain	Earth Sciences
Code	UE-SST.00408
Languages	English
Type of lesson	Excursion
Level	Master
Semester	SA-2022

Schedules and rooms

Summary schedule	Monday , Cours bloc (Autumn semester)
Struct. of the schedule	5 successive days
Contact's hours	40

Teaching

Responsibles	Foubert Anneleen
Teachers	Foubert Anneleen
Description	The European Alps are recognised as one of the best studied orogens in the world. Their excellent exposure and vicinity to the University of Bern provide an outstanding opportunity to examine the field evidence for modern concepts of orogenesis. The field trip provides an overview of the geodynamic evolution of the Alpine orogen, discussion of surface erosion and related depositional products (Molasse Basin); thrust tectonics and nappe stacking, exhumation and metamorphism, topographic overprint by glaciers and related morphologic and stratigraphic/sedimentologic features, landslides and rock avalanche deposits.
Training objectives	Application of geological methods to field work, and integration of the theroretical approaches developped during the courses. Training of Geology of Switzerland based on group- and individual study.
Comments	5 days-excursion from the Jura to the Alps. To be announced see billboards in entrance hallway of the Museum building, ch. du Musée 6 or www.unibe.ch/studium/master/e/stundenplan_befri.php
Softskills	No
Off field	No
BeNeFri	Yes
Mobility	Yes
UniPop	No

Exposé

Assessments methods	By rating
Descriptions of Exams	Presence obligatory, Excursion report with mark