Area: | Department of Applied Geology |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
Lecture: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Other Requisite(s): | Admission: to Honours Program in BSc (App Geology)
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Syllabus: | Basic principles of environmental geochemistry. Mechanisms of pollution - the role of water, colloids and organic matter. The nature and evaluation of mining pollution. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have - An understanding of the basic principles of environmental geochemistry as applicable to metals pollution in general and evaluation of mining pollution. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. Extensive course notes provided. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | A minimum of two marked practical excercises, 1.5 hr written examination. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 10700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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