Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA							2024_25
Subject	GEOPHYSICS					Code	00810020
Study programme	0810 - G.ING.EN GEOMÁTICA Y TOPOGRAFÍA (PONFERRADA)
Descriptors	Credit.	Type	Year	Period
	4.5	Compulsory	Second	Second
Language	Castellano
Prerequisites
Department	GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA
Coordinador	VALENZUELA MENDIZABAL , PABLO				E-mail	pvalm@unileon.es egarm@unileon.es
Lecturers	GARCÍA MELÉNDEZ , EDUARDO VALENZUELA MENDIZABAL , PABLO
Web	http://
General description	Internal structure and composition of the Earth, sismology, properties of the Earths gravitational and magnetic fields; the shape of the Earth
Tribunales de Revisión	Tribunal titular Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA FERRER JULIA , MONTSERRAT Secretario TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC RODRIGUEZ PEREZ , JOSE RAMON Vocal GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA COLMENERO HIDALGO , ELENA Tribunal suplente Cargo Departamento Profesor Presidente GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA FERNANDEZ MARTINEZ , ESPERANZA Secretario TECN.MINERA,TOPOGRAF. Y ESTRUC ALVAREZ TABOADA , MARIA FLOR Vocal GEOGRAFIA Y GEOLOGIA CORONADO VILA , ISMAEL

Competencias

Code
A3114
A3119
A3144
A3145
A3147
A3150
A3238
C1	CMECES1 That students have demonstrated possession and understanding of knowledge in an area of study that is based on general secondary education, and is usually found at a level that, although supported by advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the cutting edge of their field of study

Learning aims

	Competences
	A3114 A3238		C1
	A3147 A3238		C1
	A3119 A3238		C1
	A3145 A3238		C1
	A3144 A3238		C1
	A3150 A3238		C1

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic

Planning

Methodologies  ::  Tests
	Class hours	Hours outside the classroom	Total hours
Problem solving, classroom exercises	18	27	45
Lecture	24	36	60
Objective short-answer tests	3	0	3
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies

Methodologies   ::  

	Description
Problem solving, classroom exercises
Lecture

Personalized attention

Lecture Problem solving, classroom exercises

Description

Assessment

	Description	Qualification
Lecture		10%
Problem solving, classroom exercises		30%
Objective short-answer tests		60%
Other comments and second call

Sources of information

Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic	Lowrie, W., Fundamentals of Geophysics, Cambridge University Press, 2000 Udías, A. y Mezcua, J., Fundamentos de Geofísica, Alianza Editorial, 1997 Robert J. Lillie, Whole Earth Geophysics: An Introductory Textbook for Geologists and Geophysicists, Prentice Hall, 1999
Complementary	Backus, G., Foundations of Geomagnetism, Cambridge University Press, 1996 Whar, J., Geodesy and Gravity, Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines. Samizdat Press publications, Colorado (EEUU), 1996 Shearer, P., Introduction to Seismology, Cambridge University Press, 2009

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