Area: | Department of Applied Geology |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Credits: | 12.5 |
Lecture: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 9767 (v.7) Geology 205 - Sedimentology or any previous version
AND
11913 (v.2) Geology 214 - Geochemistry or any previous version
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Regolith characterisation and importance. Weathering processes. Regolith materials, classification and terminology. Regolith landscape evolution and models. Nature and identification of weathered rocks. Regolith geochemistry in exploration. Principles of trace element analysis. Soil, drainage sediment, laterite, vegetation and groundwater surveys. Primary and secondary dispersion and case histories. Regolith geochemistry and the environment. Fieldwork exercises. |
Availability
Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | 2003 | 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. |