Academic year/semester: 2024/25/2

ECTS Credits: 4

Available for: All OU students

Lecture hours: 2
Seminarium:0
Practice: 0
Laboratory: 2
Consultation: 0

Prerequisites: None

Course Leader: Krisztina Demény Ph.D.

Faculty: Rejtő Sándor Faculty of Light Industry and Environmental Engineering, 1034 Budapest, Doberdó utca 6.

Course Description:
The geological history of the Earth. The internal structure of the Earth (the crust, the mantle, the core). Volcanism (type of volcanoes, volcanoes, and plate boundaries) and plate tectonics. Rocks (igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic) and minerals classification systems. Major types of landforms (plains, mountains, cratons). Exogenous processes and main landform methods (the work of rivers, the formation of shores and coastlines, glacial processes, the work of wind). Main features of surface waters (rivers and lakes) and waters below the surface (groundwater, confined water, crack water). Karst processes (karst forms on or below the surface). Main soil types in the world (definition, functions, and major soil formations).

Competences:
1- Knowledge of general and specific mathematical, natural and social scientific principles, rules, relations, and procedures as required to pursue activities in the special field of environment protection. 2- Comprehensive knowledge of the basic features and interrelations of environmental elements and systems, as well as of the environmentally harmful substances affecting them. 3 - Able to perform basic tests of the quantity and quality characteristics of environmental elements and systems by state-of-the-art measuring instruments; to draw up and implement measurement plans; and to evaluate data. 4 - Open to professional cooperation with specialists related to their profession but involved in other areas.

Topics:
1st Week: Lecture: Internal structure of the Earth (the crust, the mantle, the core) / Practice: Talking general topics, requirements (fieldtrip, exercises)
2nd Week: Lecture: Plate tectonics / Practice: Minerals classification and rocks classification. Classifying and practising of igneous rocks and minerals
3rd Week: Lecture: Volcanism (type of volcanoes, volcanoes and plate boundaries) / Practice: Classifying and practising of sedimentary rocks and minerals
4th Week: Lecture: The geological history of the Earth / Practice: Classifying and practising of metamorphic rocks and minerals
5th Week: Lecture: Landforms (shelves, cratons, mountains, plains), exogenous processes (in general).
/ Practice: Kiscelli-Doberdó educational path (fieldtrip)
6th Week: Lecture: Landform processes (the work of rivers, the formation of shores and coastlines, glacial processes, the work of wind) / Practice: Minerals and rocks systematization (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic rocks)
7th Week: Written test I.
8th Week: Lecture: Main features of surface waters (rivers and lakes). / Practice: Defining and counting of main parameters of water level I..
9th Week: Lecture: Main features of waters below the surface (groundwater, confined water, crack water). / Practice: Defining and counting of main parameters of water level II..
10th Week: Lecture: Karst processes (karst forms on or below the surface). / Practice: Defining and counting of runoff.
11th Week: Lecture: Visiting to Szemlőhegy-cave
12th Week: Lecture: Main soil types in the world (definition, functions, and major soil formations). / Practice: Defining and counting of catchment area. Analysis of main hydrological parameters.
13th Week: Written test II.
14th Week: Replacement test

Assessment:

Exam Types:

Mid Term Exam

Compulsory bibliography: 1. William M. Marsh, Martin M. Kaufman: Physical geography, Cambridge University Press, 2013. 2. PPT files on the homepage of Moodle learning system 3. Jane H. Hodgkinson, Frank D. Stacey: Practical Handbook of Earth Science, ISBN 9781138054448. CRC Press, 2017

Recommended bibliography: None

Additional bibliography: None

Additional Information: None