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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

5986 (v.5) Regolith Geology and Mineral Exploration 522

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Area: Department of Applied Geology
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Other Requisite(s): Admission: into a postgraduate course in Applied Geology
Syllabus: Fundamentals of mineral exploration. Geological, geochemical and geophysical methods in exploration. Regolith materials: classification, genesis and terminology. Weathering processes. Geochemical dispersion processes. Regolith landscape evolution and models. Primary and secondary geochemical and geophysical expression of deposits. Soil, drainage sediment, laterite, vegetation, groundwater surveys and subsurface sampling: planning, execution and interpretation. Drilling techniques. Subsurface cuttings and core logging, and alteration zone mapping using reflectance methods. Primary and secondary geochemical dispersion and case histories of different deposit styles. Analytical procedures, QAlQC, data visualisation and data analysis for target generation
Field of Education: 010700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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