Introduction to Geosciences

This teaching module is a general introduction to the geosciences. It is designed to provide a very basic grounding in the disciplines of geology, and is thus a preparation for the first "Initiation aux Sciences du Milieu Naturel" field school.
It provides a brief reminder of the main rock types, notions of stratigraphy and sedimentology, and a succinct presentation of the main tectonic structures and their cartographic representation.Minimum skills to be acquired:Basic geology skills required for the "Initiation aux Sciences du Milieu Naturel" field school, and basic knowledge of how to organize field missions.

No

Basic elements of geology:o The different rock types of the globe's outer envelopeso Basics of stratigraphy and sedimentologyo Tectonic structures and geological mapping
Petrography of crystalline rockso Introduction to mineralogy and rock chemistryo Fundamentals of magmatic rocks: methods of description, classification and understanding of the different magmatic rockso Genesis of magmatic rocks: magma formation, crystallization and thermodynamics,chemical evolution of magmas and magmatic rock series, geodynamic aspectso Fundamentals of metamorphic rocks: descriptions, classifications andrecognition of the main types of metamorphic rocko Genesis of metamorphic rocks: mineralogical and structural transformations of the 3 main types of metamorphism
Paleontology and micropaleontology: methods and applications

General geology