305530 (v.2) Geology 552 (Marine Geoscience)


Area:

Department of Applied Geology

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

2.0
 
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Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Sedimentary environments in coastal, shelf and deep marine settings. Physical processes responsible for sediment erosion, transport and deposition in the marine environment. Seabed micromorphology. Organic and inorganic chemical processes in the oceans in relation to circulation, sedimentation and biological processes. Properties of seawater, biological cycling of nutrients, carbon and carbonate cycles in the ocean, water-sediment reactions, uses of stable isotopes, glacial-interglacial changes. Climate change evidence in the marine geological record on long and short (thousand year) time scales.
 
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Field of Education:

10700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

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