GEO4151 – Earthquake and Volcanic Processes
Course description
Schedule, syllabus and examination date
Course content
This course will focus on the physics of earthquake and volcanic processes, which are both important endogenic processes accommodating the deformation of the Earth’s crust. Building on geomechanics concepts, we will introduce key controls on earthquakes including the strength of faults, stress transfer, triggering and anthropogenic seismicity. We will investigate magma transport through dykes, sills and other magma intrusions, fracture mechanics associated with dyke and sill propagation, volcano deformation induced by the emplacement of magma, and the stability of a volcanic edifice before it collapses. The course will integrate laboratory, numerical and theoretical approaches.
Learning outcome
After this course, you will have knowledge in
- magma transfer and emplacement in the Earth’s crust
- volcano deformation and volcano tectonics
- earthquake and fault mechanics
- stress transfer and triggering
- interdisciplinary scientific communication and collaboration
- research-based project work
Admission to the course
Students admitted at UiO must?apply for courses?in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other master's degree programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.
Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may?apply to take this course as a single course student.
If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about?admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.
GEO4151 – Earthquake and Volcanic Processes and GEO9151 – Earthquake and Volcanic Processes?have a joint admission with?a joint capacity of 10 students in total. If the number of applicants exceeds?the course capacity, applicants will be ranked in the following order:
- Students admitted to the following programme option:?
- PhD candidates at the Geosciences Department
- Students in other programme options in the Geosciences master’s programme
- Other PhD students and visiting PhD students
- Master’s level exchange students and other master’s level students at the MN Faculty
- Single-course students on master’s level
Applicants will be ranked by the number of ECTS credits within each category:?all applicants within category 1 is ranked before applicants in category 2. If there are space limitations in the course, available places will be given to students selected randomly?among those with the same amount of ECTS credits.
Formal prerequisite knowledge
Recommended previous knowledge
- GEO4131 – Geomechanics
- Basic maths and programming
Overlapping courses
- 10 credits overlap with GEO9151 – Earthquake and Volcanic Processes.
Teaching
The course includes lectures, seminars and mandatory hours in experimental and numerical laboratories. Also, there will be oral presentations by students.
Attendance at the first lecture is compulsory. Students who fail to meet are considered to have withdrawn from the course unless they have previously given notice to the Student?administration (studieinfo@geo.uio.no).
We reserve the right to change the teaching?form and examination of the course in semesters where 5 or fewer students have been admitted.
To attend the field trip / excursion it is required that the following course is passed:
To attend the mandatory lab work it is required that the following course is passed:
General information about excursions at the Department of Geosciences
As?the?teaching involves laboratory and/or fieldwork, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance.?Read about your insurance cover as a student.
Examination
- All mandatory activities must be approved before you can sit the final exam.
- A written scientific report counts 50% towards the final grade
- An oral presentation counts 50% towards the final grade.
- Both the written report and the presentation must be passed separately in order to pass the course.
Mandatory assignments are valid for 5 semesters starting from the semester they were approved the first time.
It is possible to take the exam up to 3 times. If you?withdraw from the exam?after the deadline or during the exam, this will be counted as an examination attempt.
It will also be counted as 1 of the 3 attempts to sit the exam for this course if you sit the exam for the following course:
Examination support material
Language of examination
The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.
Grading scale
Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F?is a fail. Read more about?the grading system.
Resit an examination
Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are?offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.
Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass, the original examination.
More about examinations at UiO
- Use of sources and citations
- Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
- Withdrawal from an exam
- Illness at exams / postponed exams
- Explanation of grades and appeals
- Resitting an exam
- Cheating/attempted cheating
You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.