Area: | Department of Applied Geology |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Lecture: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Practical: | 3 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Environmental Geochemistry: - Principles of environmental geochemistry. Quantifying contamination and pollution of the natural environment. Contaminant speciation and the role of water, colloids and organic materials in chemical pollution. Geochemical-biological interactions and toxicity. Mining pollution, estuarine pollution, and urban geochemistry. Environmental geochemical analysis and the practical study of contaminated urban and/or mining sites. Environmental Geology: - Coastal management and changes in coastal marine environments. Palaeoecology and interpretation of palaeoenvironments. Principles and practicalities of waste disposal. Geohazards, seismic hazards and landslides. Physical characteristics of soil, soil erosion and subsidence. Tailings and mined waste rock disposal. Groundwater pollution. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have - Understood the basic principles of environmental geochemistry and their application in addressing industrial (including mining), agricultural and urban pollution and current global environmental problems. Gained competence in environmental geochemical analysis and writing of an environmental assessment/report by means of a practical program. |
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. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignment 10%, Practical excercises 10%, Practical project 25%, Theory examination.55%. 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: | Not Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 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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