Peter Brack: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2021

Name Dr. Peter Brack
E-mailpeter.brack@erdw.ethz.ch
DepartmentEarth Sciences
RelationshipLecturer

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
651-3982-00LGeological Field Course I Information Restricted registration - show details
Prerequisites: participation in Dynamic Earth I+II (651-3001-00L and 651-3002-00L) and Geology of Switzerland (651-3078-00L).

Geography students UZH may attend this field course at full costs.

No registration through myStudies. The registration for excursions and field courses goes through Link only.
2 credits3PS. Bernasconi, P. Brack, further lecturers
AbstractIdentification and characterization of important sedimentary, magmatic and metamorphic rocks and discussion of their genesis in a well-constrained geological time frame.
ObjectiveUnderstanding of the geological significance of sedimentary, magmatic and metamorphic rocks. Documentation of stratigraphic logs and handling of rock samples.
ContentField-observations (5-6 days) on basement and volcano-sedimentary cover rocks in the Southern Alps (eastern Lombardy). Analysis, documentation and interpretation of metamorphic (gneiss, schists) and magmatic (volcanic) rocks and sedimentary successions (conglomerates, sandstones, pelites, carbonates). Discussion of metamorphic and magmatic Processes as well as of the depositional environments of clastic and carbonate sediments of Permian and Triassic age.
Lecture notesField-trip handouts and maps will be available.
Prerequisites / NoticePrerequisites: Attendance of Dynamic Earth I+II (651-3001-00L and 651-3002-00L) and Geology of Switzerland (651-3078-00L).

For further information see course announcement and pre-course briefing.

Students registering for the course confirm having read and accepted the terms and conditions for excursions and field courses of D-ERDW https://www.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/erdw/department/dokumente/studium/exkursionen/AGB_ERDW_Exkursionen_en.pdf
651-4040-00LAlpine Field Course Information
Priority is given to D-ERDW students. If space is available UZH Geography and Earth System Sciences students may attend this field course at full cost.

No registration through myStudies. The registration for excursions and field courses goes through Link only.
4 credits4PP. Ulmer, P. Brack
AbstractExtended field excursion (duration 7 days) adressing different topics dependent on the localities visited (varies from year to year).
ObjectiveUnderstanding the tectonics and the geological history of the Alps.
Content2018: to be defined
Lecture notesExcursion guide
Prerequisites / NoticeMSc students only. Strenuous walks.

Geography and Earth System Sciences students UZH may attend this field course at full costs (no subsidies).



Students registering for the course confirm having read and accepted the terms and conditions for excursions and field courses of D-ERDW https://www.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/special-interest/erdw/department/dokumente/studium/exkursionen/AGB_ERDW_Exkursionen_en.pdf