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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

10251 (v.5) Economic Geology 311

Note

Tuition Patterns

The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

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Area: Department of Applied Geology
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Lecture: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Practical: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 312244 (v.1) Mineralogy and Geochemistry 201 or any previous version
Syllabus: An introduction to ore minerals and reflected light microscopy. Ore deposit types and theories of ore genesis. Techniques for understanding ore deposits including ore textures, fluid inclusions, stable isotopes, wallrock alteration, mineral stabilities and paragenesis. Ore deposit models and ore suites for orthomagmatic, metasomatic and sediment-hosted ore deposits. Classification, geology and uses of industrial minerals.
Field of Education: 010700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Kalgoorlie Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External