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Earth’s evolution

Обов’язкова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2023/2024

1 Semester

9

Current ideas about Earth evolution in time and space, Earths in the Solar system and the Universe, meteorite classification and primitive Earth composition, giant impact model and Moon formation, Hadean Earth – Earth’s core formation, terrestrial magma oceans, early Earth crust, Archean Earth – cratons, greenstone belts, komatiites, reduced atmosphere, flat subduction and sugduction mode, Earth in Proterozoic – supercontinental cycles, atmosphere oxygenation (GOE – great oxidation event), global glaciations (snowbal Earth), Earth in Phanerozoic – modern style plate tectonics, large igneous provinces, mass extinction events.

Knowledge of the theoretical foundations of regional and global geology as well as be able to analyze current ideas about earth evolution in time and space

To introduce students with general principles and concepts about the Earth as integrated planetary system that consists of different components – lithosphere, core, mantle, hydrosphere and atmosphere. These interconnected components act as a whole system from the point of view of the planetary evolution of the Earth in time and space.

Archean crustal evolution. // Edited by Condie K.C. et al. in: Developments in Precambrian geology, V. 11 – Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press – 1994. – 528 p. Best M.G. Igneous and metamorphic petrology. – Malden, USA: Blackwell Science Ltd. – 2003, 2nd ed. – 729 p. Boggs S.Jr. Petrology of sedimentary rocks. – Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. – 2009, 2nd ed. – 600 p. Condie K.C. Plate tectonics and crustal evolution. – Oxford: Butterworth -Heinemann. – 2003, 4th ed. – 282 p.

Lectures, seminars, self-studying wоrk

Form of student evaluation: - semester grading: 1. Control test – (min - 6, max - 10 grades) 2. Control test – (min - 6, max - 10 grades) 3. Presentations – ( min - 38, max - 60 grades) - final assessment (modular test) in form of the written test (min - 12 , max - 20 grades) Final evaluation is in the form of modular test (total score of discipline (maximum 100 grades) is defined as the sum for the systematic work during the semester). For admission to the final grading it is obligatory: 1) to pass two control tests; 2) to prepare three oral reports, which can be presented in the form of presentations and abstracts. The final grading is carried out in the form of written modular test.

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