| Area: | Department of Applied Geology |
| Credits: | 12.5 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Prerequisite(s): | 8015 (v.7) Geology 202 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology or any previous version
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9778 (v.5) Geology 301 - Petrogenesis or any previous version
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302451 (v.2) Geology 307 - Geodynamics or any previous version
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| Syllabus: | Pressure and temperature in the Earth's crust - Steady-state and perturbed geotherms. Pressure-temperature-time paths - Including predicted paths from thermal models and real paths from metamorphic rocks. Isotope geochronology. Tectonic settings of high, medium and low pressure metamorphism. Cratons, mobile belts and tectonic processes in Precambrian and Phanerozoic orogens. Continental growth through time and the supercontinent cycle. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have - An understanding of the evolution of metamorphism through time and the control of global tectonics on metamorphic processes. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
| Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignments 40%, Practical examination 30%, Theory examination 30%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | |
