11310 (v.4) WASM Geology 111

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Area:	WASM Mining Geology Teaching Area
Contact Hours:	5.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Practical:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Introduction to general geology. Crystallography - the rock forming minerals, physics and chemistry of the Earth, plate tectonics and the geological cycle. Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic petrology. Stratigraphy, geological time and maps. Structural geology.