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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.

307324 (v.2) Structural Geology 231

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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: 12.5
Contact Hours: 2.5
Lecture: 3 x 1 Hours Fortnightly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly
Anti Requisite(s): 9768 (v.8) Structural Geology 201 or any previous version
AND
10198 (v.4) Structure, Mineralogy and Geochemistry 241 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s): 7032 (v.5) Geology 102 or any previous version
Syllabus: Description, classification and relationships between folds, foliation and lineations. Stress and relationship to fracturing and faulting. Nomenclature of faults, displacements and fault separations. Pure and simple shear, progressive deformation and particle paths in two and three-dimensions. Quantitative strain analysis. Shear zones and kinematic indicators. Superimposed folding. Folding mechanisms and fold development. Use of stereographic projections in interpretation of structures. Internal atomic order and bonding in crystalline solids. Chemical composition and structure of minerals. Introduction to petrology. Chemical analysis of rocks and 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 Bentley 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