Geology and Geomorphology I O12009

Course content: Earth's structure, rocks and minerals. Endogenic forces and forms. Weathering, mass-movements and runoff, denaudation forms. Mountain glaciers (origin, types, movement) and continental ice-sheet, deposits and forms of ice-sheet direct activity. Melting water activity, deposits and forms. Main types of ice-sheet melting and land surface forms related to it. Frost processes and forms in the cold climate. Wind activity, deposits and aeolian forms. River activity, river valleys and terraces. Lakes, genetic and biological types, lake deposits. Quarternary stratigraphy. Geology and geomorphology of north-eastern Poland.Chemical structure and physical properties of minerals. Igneuos rocks.Clastic rocks, clayey rocks and chemical rocks. Organic rocks. Metamorphic rocks.
The glaciers and postglacial relief. The aeolian landforms. The fluvial processes, river valley and the terraces. Geology and Geomorphology of the NE Poland

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