| Area: | Department of Applied Geology |
| Credits: | 12.5 |
| Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
| Lecture: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Other Requisite(s): | Admission: upon completion of Bachelor of Science (Applied Geology or Geophysics)
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| Syllabus: | Introduction - scope, purpose, developments. Sedimentary basins. Regional and global stratigraphic cycles. Depositional systems and facies analysis. Data acquisition - measuring and recording surface and subsurface data. Data manipulation. Burial history. Selected case histories of sedimentary basins. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will have - Understood the methods of basin analysis and their application. |
| 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: | Miall A, Principles of sedimentary basin analysis. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignment 60%, Examination 40%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | |
