3496 (v.6) Geology 312 - Environmental Geology


Area: Department of Applied Geology
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
 
** 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. **
 
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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Field of Education: 10700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
Funding Cluster: 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 2 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