| Area: | Department of Applied Geology |
| Credits: | 12.5 |
| Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
| Lecture: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Other Requisite(s): | Admission: to Honours Program in BSc (App Geology)
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| Syllabus: | Basic principles of environmental geochemistry. Mechanisms of pollution - the role of water, colloids and organic matter. The nature and evaluation of mining pollution. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have - An understanding of the basic principles of environmental geochemistry as applicable to metals pollution in general and evaluation of mining pollution. |
| 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. Extensive course notes provided. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | A minimum of two marked practical excercises, 1.5 hr written examination. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | |
