Aims

The course examines a certain number of basic concepts that underlie important geological phenomena, and that have practical applications in the spatial perception of our environment.

Main themes

Topics treated in lectures include :
- the constituent minerals of rocks
- the different types of rocks and their mode of occurrence
- the mode of formation of these rocks by magmatic, sedimentary and metamorphic processes
- the deformation of the earth's crust and the resulting structures, at all scales
- the chronological criteria used to recontruct the history of the earth's crust
- the geology of Belgium and neighbouring areas.

The practical classes are devoted to :
- geological map-reading and three-dimensional interpretation using cross-sections
- macroscopic identification of rocks and their forming minerals.

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